Contracting News

Even those contractors who can (and want to) pay their APN are beset with cashflow concerns. 

Contractors join celebs in the Revenue's six-figure net where you pay up front.

Findings from ISPE suggest that an anti-late payment 'tsar' is not before time.

Two weeks' forced leave + 10% reduction = contractors almost 20% worse off.

Paying less to HMRC is the bottom line of two reasons to reform dividends.

Business officials want one-man bands to speak up about their issues.

Now's the time for middle ground contractors to stand fast.

Chancellor picks Nov 25 for his first Tory Spending Review and Autumn Statement.

Whether it marks a rub or reverting; the living wage will certainly shake things up. 

Contracting in France, Italy or Portugal is ‘business as usual,’ despite new rules on temping. 

Revealed: umbrellas are not Adjustment Bureaus with any kind of (status) powers.

Candidates 'taking the summer off' blamed for the biggest cooling in over two years.

Names needed to get the government to reconsider the dividend tax hike.

A few not so Merry Men are compensating the Creditors of Nottingham for wrongful trading.

Contractors' advisers agree the new £5k allowance will operate in a way that wasn't implied.

It can't work any way you try it - so repeal, replace and reposition the liability.

Two accountants who bet they could secretly fiddle clients' tax returns lose to HMRC.

EY backs bringing the FLC back to life amid 'uncertain times' for contracting.

More than 6,000 mortgages promised to contract workers under a new tie-up.

'Huge surprise' in store for company directors on a salary-dividend mix.

To say that half a million Brits are trapped freelancers is an oversimplification -- FCSA.

Thirty-somethings in the capital are putting their millions from IT into super homes.

'Ongoing hike to road and air fares will majorly concern one-man bands.'

Tech consultancies named as the biggest providers of 'deficient' expertise.

Second successive fall in self-employment doesn't bode well for the 2m jobs target.

Too rich for my blood, say clients, facing annual rate rises of up to 27%.

Stress, cost and duration all going in the wrong direction for investigated taxpayers.

Why every UK agency contractor will automatically be 'SDC' and stripped of tax relief.

A small companies' champion gets rare access to the Revenue's nerve centre.

It may be hard work, but its contractors' job to speak up about unintended consequences.

A potentially toothless tsar who's quick and cheap won't fill the unpaid with confidence.

Lobbyist launches letter-writing campaign ahead of a major meeting next month. 

IT contractor demand still growing, albeit at its weakest rate for 25 months – REC.

Staffing giant succumbs, as its third attempt to quash a tax bill for 500,000 temps fails.

Uptick in non-compliance suggests doubling the fine hasn't had the desired effect.

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Taxman enters 'full collection mode' after a legal challenge to APNs fails.

The GMB union sues the ride-hailing app, believing its drivers to not be contractors.

The much-criticised small business conciliation service is launched; in all but name.

Taxman is taking just three responses on 'SDC' to mean contractors aren't caught.