To commemorate World Mental Health Day, us and Samaritans urge you to check in on your fellow contractors, and others -- SJD.
Two TV presenters are heading back to court over status, but only one of them wants the rerun.
Consultancy giant says Control, Mutuality and Part & Parcel are swinging in contractors’ favour thanks to the pandemic.
Consistency was one of IR35 reform’s silver linings. But without many noticing, it’s now been removed.
Despite the unsurprising move, UK contracting fears it could mean support for PSCs is even further off.
Accounting bosses tell the Treasury Select Committee that the chancellor would be right to raid people who work for themselves.
In my nearly two decades in the contractor industry, moments don’t get much more significant than this, says Qdos boss Seb Maley.
Like some HR teams and clients, not all agents push back on off-payroll negligence. Seems PSCs have a choice to make.
Sunak’s statement to the OBR unusually omits exactly when his fiscal package will be delivered.
As huge tax reform is already waiting in the wings, an ‘odd tweak’ to other rates is seen as more likely.
Almost all the liabilities PSCs pay stand to be hiked at chancellor Sunak’s November statement.
Workers wanting to be ‘in the know’ (plus a new regulator) give KIDs a bright future.
Significant win on Mutuality against a high-profile PSC came just at the right time, says off-payroll expert.
A defence about the sports presenter’s ‘brand’ could have produced a very different result.
There’s changes for your pitch, and even IR35 upsides, in the new normal of deserted offices.
This crisis has been very different to its forerunners. Herrings, cats, dogs, and bears. With contractors bitten and mauled.
HMRC puts one in the back of the net against Kickabout. But it’s not without those who contest it.
Cancel your ‘test’ Jesse Norman. I’m leaving on a jet plane, don’t know when I’ll be back again.
What changes PSCs can expect (or just hope for) in the official preparations for off-payroll reform.
And expecting any official measures to close or underpin it, is like waiting for Godot.
Covid-19 policy change to boost confidence comes as ‘Ltd’ directors say they’re flagging.
For people who’ve set up their own company, the news from the chancellor’s summer economic update couldn’t be less summery.
Furlough bonus, VAT cut and stamp duty holiday. Yet no respite from IR35 reform, or the reissuing of already discredited off-payroll statements.
Sympathies are being expressed. But its practicalities that contractors and their partners are being urged to focus on.
Fifty MPs, a letter by the bereaved and a pledge of suicide all fails to stop the state in its tracks, in a ‘sad,’ ‘shameful’ night in the Commons.
The contractor workforce’s intentions were clear on covid’s eve. This pandemic looks set to cement them.
Treasury minister also says no need for businesses to adjust until next year, at odds with expert advice.
Reasonable care guidance plus a three-part SDS equals being off-payroll rules-ready.
To mark the now very much incoming off-payroll rules in the private sector, heed this advice for agencies and contractors -- APSCo.
The furlough scheme has stings in its tail for PSCs, but government must now take a hands-off approach and intervene elsewhere.
