The second-highest REC index score of the year for temporary technology skills coincides with IT contractor demand ‘holding ...

Lesser-known self-assessment issues won’t make them less stressful this year, particularly as the HMRC deadline falls on a ...

For the first time in a long time, the chancellor’s March statement isn’t forecast to be a tax-raising event for the UK’s ...

Where contractors in IT and other key sectors of the UK economy will want to be on the lookout in the year ahead.

What’s in store for IT contractors this year, according to a veteran freelance business analyst who’s seen off recessions, AI ...

While Joint & Several Liability is already triggering requests that deserve short shrift, the Finance Bill alone won’t ...

Nowadays, car leasing is more popular than ever before. Your monthly costs are often lower, the car’s maintenance tends to be taken care of, and you don’t have to concern yourself with your vehicle’s ...

The concept of being Inside IR35 (or Outside IR35) results from the issue that faced the Inland Revenue in 1999 -- ‘disguised employment,’ writes Danny Batey, senior tax consultant at Markel. HMRC ...

When you are contracting, you may come across the expression ‘self-billing arrangement’ or ‘self-billing agreement’. Here, exclusively for ContractorUK, I will clarify what these potentially opaque ...

The directors of an umbrella company who swindled £45million have been jailed for a total of almost three decades, in what is said to be the UK’s largest ever payroll fraud of its kind. Geoffrey, ...

The hardest IR35 factor to consider/argue? The biggest IR35 headache for contractors? On both fronts, it's MOO. Mutuality Of Obligations ('MOO' or even sometimes 'MoO') can sometimes be referred to as ...

Check Employment Status for Tax, or CEST as it’s more commonly known, is fairly controversial to say the least, writes tax lawyer Rebecca Seeley Harris of CEST Training.* Built by HMRC, the online ...