Contractors with a buy-to-let who believe Autumn Budget will be bruising face a choice: raise the rent, or get out now before ...

Whether it’s blue, red, or another hue, one party will finish conference season with the self-employed vote more in the bag ...

Despite concerns over its independence and scope, the ‘Freelance Champion’ won’t face any competition in its role supporting IT contractors.

The government’s focus is firmly on umbrella companies, but ‘there’s still a lot on the table’ that chancellor Rachel Reeves could hit contractors with 12 weeks from now.

The chancellor is reportedly looking at raising the VAT registration threshold at Autumn Budget 2025 to £100,000. The move by Rachel Reeves would mean a PSC could generate an additional £10,000 in ...

Not before time according to some, ministers have confirmed that the UK government will publish a consultation on simplifying the employment status framework by the end of 2025. Depending on where ...

A week is a long time in the contractor staffing company sector, it seems, writes investment and wealth management recruitment specialist Natalie Bowers, founder of Bowers Partnership. Just seven days ...

It very likely wasn’t her rumoured July 14th cuts to the cash ISA allowance that brought her to tears at a recent Prime Minister’s Questions, writes Angela James, founder of Yolo Wealth. But ...

IR35 became law in 2000 via the Finance Act, and is another name for the off-payroll working rules. The off-payroll working or IR35 rules are designed to stop contractors working as ‘disguised ...

Our VAT calculator can be used to either add VAT to the figure entered or subtract VAT to leave the non-VAT amount. The results page breaks the figures down into the net amount, the VAT portion and ...

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