Navigating the complexities of IR35 and off-payroll working compliance can be a daunting task for contractors. And with HMRC's ever-watchful eye on those who might be skirting the rules, understanding ...

The Liberal Democrats’ deputy leader says the ‘IR35 scandal’ is part of the 'raw deal' for the self-employed, in line with calls by FCSA, cross-party MPs, and now IPSE.

According to HMRC, training courses aimed at enhancing general skills that are relevant to the business may be allowable. However, expenses aimed at improving personal skills not directly related to ...

A group set up to lobby against the 2019 Loan Charge has become so overrun with stopping affected people from taking their own lives that it is urging HMRC to open a suicide helpline. The Loan Charge ...

Almost six in 10 contractors have neglected to increase their day rates in the past 12 months, despite the impact of inflation. Polled by IPSE and Workwell, 58% of contractors told the two contractor ...

The labour market bounce of late March failed to materialise for IT contractors in April 2024, new figures from an agency body show. It means the low point which the body behind the data -- the REC -- ...

There is a lot to consider when making the leap into contracting. How do you find contract jobs? How much can you earn? How do you write your CV? What’s IR35? Do you use an umbrella company or start ...

Avoid these CV clangers, and you’ll start next year better off than a fair few of your contractor rivals. Two pages; three pages; how about four pages? For some job-seekers in 2024, CV length won’t ...

It will take at least three months from the date you submit the DS01 form for your company to be struck off the Companies House register. And that will only happen if the DS01 form got signed by a ...

He’s ‘not self-employed’ therefore he must be ‘a worker,’ said the Court of Appeal in the recent Pimlico Plumbers case., writes Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed. In reaching this decision ...

Many unwary contractors, and even some very wary ones, have been caught out by some very devious agency tricks. To be forewarned is to be forearmed though. Here are ten agency tricks that you should ...