A thinning career ladder. A distorted labour market. Slower-growing businesses. And even reduced project budgets, leading to ...

I became a contractor nearly eight months ago, and I've lost count of how many people have asked me whether I'm worried about ...

The taxman just cancelled the interest on the interest, in a significant boon (£6,500) to loan charge contractors and others in HMRC disputes.

A ‘ruse’ that the JSL-enforcing taxman won’t accept as ‘money in the bank’ because it has ‘no legal basis’ is making the ...

If it’s a pay instrument HMRC won’t accept, the liability still exists, cueing up a domino effect of PAYE, NICs, and VAT ...

It’s probably about right to assert that ‘The wind is in our sails when it comes to getting late payment sorted.’ Just beware ...

A ‘meaningful difference,’ or merely ‘peanuts?’ Either way, some contractors are already heading towards an extra £500 a year ...

With a clearer-eyed taxman pursuing limited company look-ins, rest assured it’s ‘only’ late recorders, retrospective preparers, fluctuaters, reversers, and overlappers in the HMRC crosshairs.

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‘Umbrella or PAYE: what is the difference?’ It’s a fair question, a good question even, but first we ought to ask a more fundamental one, writes Lucy Smith, managing director of Clarity Umbrella. And ...

The CBI made the point of including the need for a fix in their submission for Autumn’s 2024 October Budget. Britain’s biggest business lobby group highlighted the “significant administrative burden” ...