A slight adjustment to the government’s train of thought could avoid derailing the umbrella industry for the 700,000 employees who rely on it.

A single test involving a Boox contractor, and the separate test case for CK contractors, could be scheduled before 2025 is out.

Two consecutive months of momentum ground to a halt in April, from a ‘bow wave of costs’ that dampened hiring.

Freshly ‘named and shamed’ Miwsa Ltd triggers a list-wide update, advising recruiters and contractors to scrutinise umbrella company tax deductions.

A postponement to payrolling BIKs of 12 months is being well-received, as is a 2027/28 penalty waiver (of sorts).

A ‘win-at-all-costs’ taxman is concerning for those of us who champion contracting, especially given the spring in his step courtesy of the courts.

James Murray MP just recommitted to arming HMRC with extra coshes to beat back a £600m problem, including by making more directors personally liable.

Combined with complications caused by PGMOL, limited grounds of appeal were the urologist’s undoing.

Chancellor is put on notice that rushing the PAYE shift risks ‘disrupting the supply chain’ and ‘reducing tax receipts to the exchequer.’

A weighty 63 questions is (hopefully) the government’s sign that avoiders will need a hard hat by the time HMRC is done.

An HMRC update clarifies that while the starting gun may be unholstered in April 2026, it won’t be fired until April 2027.

‘Examples of good practice for umbrella companies’ isn’t a fishing expedition. Even if some of the spelt out legal duties could be checked up on.

A big step towards 'the black' in March makes it the brightest month for IT contractors since November 2023.

April tax changes: why choosing the right business current account should matter to contractors now more than ever.

Taxman blackens the black mark he’s already put by three companies, while ‘naming and shaming’ four more schemes that he says ‘contractors should exit.’

The swingeing 8.7% tax hike is best broached now or at contract renewal but, either way, ensure your uplift calculation is correct.

An ‘essential’ new tax year update for limited company directors seeking to shore up the bottom line.

Ex-HMRC veteran tells ContractorUK that IT contractors could help his ‘focussed’ review, even if it is a ‘disappointingly narrow’ focus according to some.

The chancellor’s Revenue fillip is off to a fortuitous start. Just make sure you’re not the next John Strange.

Rachel Reeves is a chancellor ‘less about anything new and more about reaffirmation,’ so the ‘un-merry-go-round’ for UK contracting continues.

Despite a lean statement with no ‘further tax rises,’ umbrella and limited company workers aren’t off the hook, due to a ‘soon-to-be reinvigorated HMRC.’

Rachel Reeves unveils a ‘serious plan to renew our country,’ free of 'any further tax increases.'

Contrary to popular belief, ‘deemed employment’ and regulating umbrella companies are two separate proposals.

It’s all over for another player-turned-pundit and their IR35 appeal against a comfortably victorious HMRC.

Three housing market measures could upend the UK’s property landscape from this Wednesday.

Avoiding running off agency PAYE reference numbers is how the government can avoid destabilising the UK’s entire temporary labour market.

Contract workers must adjust to BRPs and ‘clipped’ no longer being acceptable RTW proof (even if you may feel like a second-class job-seeker).

A payroll tax liability-responsibility shift from umbrellas to agencies dangerously throws the baby out with the bathwater. It must be stopped.

Although still in the red, freelance tech hiring shows ‘improvements,’ finely balanced on next Wednesday’s Spring Statement 2025.

An off-payroll rules update by HMRC is far from the full story. But the subtext is clear – the reformed IR35 rules aren’t going anywhere.

Off-target. Opaque. Overly complicating an already complicated landscape. Spring Statement must scrap or shelve ‘deemed employer.’

Four umbrella regulation areas get opened up, next to two new points, and one very uncertain part with potentially ‘huge impact.’

Greg Smith MP: My hope is the former HMRC inspector makes huge adjustments to scrutinise a scandal that this government cynically wants him to avoid looking properly into at all.

Top 10 announcements chancellor Rachel Reeves must make three weeks from today to boost the flexible workforce – FCSA.

A new off-payroll working rules impact-assessment holds the HMRC line of not facing up to IR35’s damage.

Pursuing an income tax demand against a bipolar taxpayer with a court-confirmed suicide risk, who was discriminated against, isn’t HMRC’s best look.

A personalised overview of the pressing issue of P9 coding notices (includes decoding your tax code for meaning).

As HMRC rapidly blacklists scores more tax avoidance schemes, the focus shifts to whether FCSA should become keeper of a ‘naughty list.’

What April 2026’s requirement on agents to HMRC-register means if you're a limited company in the market for tax advice.

A ‘cog in the wheel’ who spun ‘legal alternatives to using insolvency practitioners’ to distressed IT firms is disqualified, after £7.6million in assets goes unaccounted for.