Who's won what and what they'd like to say in return for your vote.
25th January, 2017 | Contracting News
Hi-tech sector speaks of delight and desperation, as it rips off the PM’s 'helping hand.'
24th January, 2017 | Contracting News
At-a-glance: the blueprint to 'create more highly skilled, highly paid opportunities.'
Late payers the likely cause of a still 'stubbornly high' VAT debt mountain.
23rd January, 2017 | Contracting News
Tech entrepreneur tries to compute the PM's Davos pledge on IT leadership.
20th January, 2017 | Contracting News
Are they supplying people or services? Or both? IR35 expert reveals what you need to ask.
19th January, 2017 | Comment
City transport body bars 'Ltd' workers, as it moves to 'do its duty' and protect itself.
18th January, 2017 | IR35 News
Introducing the Employment Status Service -- the new name for HMRC's IR35 test.
18th January, 2017 | Comment
Technical personnel much sharper with tax returns than their info colleagues.
17th January, 2017 | Job News
Panel of MPs joins chorus calling for a delay, at least to '2019/20, possibly later.'
16th January, 2017 | Contracting News
Business lobby accused of crying wolf, as figures show annual cap has never bitten.
13th January, 2017 | Job News
'Anti-contracting' chancellor readies two Budgets, ahead of his new Spring Statement.
12th January, 2017 | Contracting News
Arkarius and Optionis team up to create a single contractor services giant with 40,000 clients.
10th January, 2017 | Contracting News
Jobs report shows 2016 finished in relative strength for IT contractors.
Buy-to-letters will duck the old chancellor's tax by incorporating for new purchases.
9th January, 2017 | Money News
Very hot August for IT contractors made last month miss its normal trajectory.
9th January, 2017 | Contracting News
2017 trends report says machine learning, IoT and streaming will grab the spotlight.
6th January, 2017 | TechZone
When self-assessors try the ridiculous to avoid being penalised.
5th January, 2017 | Money News
We look forward to keeping you up-to-date with all the latest contractor news throughout 2017.
23rd December, 2016 | Contracting News
Shuddering at the thought of ‘quarterly accounting’ is fine; not prepping for it isn’t.
21st December, 2016 | Comment
Many health service IT contractors tipped to turn to umbrellas before April.
20th December, 2016 | Contracting News
Former reviewer of IR35 turns its attention to Value Added Tax.
15th December, 2016 | Contracting News
Runaway demand seems far from on the cards this festive season.
14th December, 2016 | Contracting News
Most corporate bosses worry about GDPR; but not whether it bites or not.
13th December, 2016 | TechZone
Managers operating via companies should no longer be paid, hospitals told.
8th December, 2016 | Contracting News
Join Orange Genie for the lowdown on IR35 changes in the public sector.
7th December, 2016 | IR35 News
Draft IR35 legislation puts the new liability on end-users, not agencies.
6th December, 2016 | IR35 News
Setting in stone who the self-employed are will help a host of probes into them.
5th December, 2016 | Contracting News
A pledge to explore differing tax treatment where the work is the same is welcomed.
1st December, 2016 | Job News
Rumours of the death of public sector PSC contracting are being greatly exaggerated.
30th November, 2016 | Comment
Working on how our sector is perceived could pay a different kind of dividend.
Sheer weight of £450m in avoidance measures explains one adviser's fatiguing feeling.
29th November, 2016 | Contracting News
Your chance to pay recognition to those who excel in the IT contractor marketplace.
28th November, 2016 | Contracting News
In-depth takeaways for PSCs from the chancellor's anti-contractor package.
24th November, 2016 | Contracting News
IR35 reform approved; VAT FRS raided, new schemes targeted and incorporation is next.
23rd November, 2016 | Contracting News
Philip Hammond's first (and last) AS targets incorporation and disguised self-employment earnings.
23rd November, 2016 | Comment
Naïve; disingenuous and heading for a fiasco -- say the taxman’s own status advisers.
23rd November, 2016 | IR35 News
Theresa May commits to setting corporation tax at a record low.
22nd November, 2016 | Contracting News
One-man bands facing 'MTD' deserve 'whatever amount of financial support' they need.
22nd November, 2016 | Money News
Phone not ringing off the hook with offers? It's your marketing, stupid.
21st November, 2016 | Comment
Government's 18,000-strong IT contractor workforce to be cut in half from April – IPSE.
17th November, 2016 | IR35 News
What an adviser to contractors hopes to hear from Hammond on Wednesday.
16th November, 2016 | Comment
Timely recommendation for an alignment, not an outright merger that would nullify IR35.
15th November, 2016 | Contracting News
How National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax could be about to change.
15th November, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor's draft fails to wow, just as small firms are blamed for half the tax gap.
14th November, 2016 | Contracting News
A potentially new vehicle for contractors succeeds, where a way to tax them fails.
10th November, 2016 | Contracting News
Restricting the rates of those with the mammoth task of modernising the NHS doesn't compute.
9th November, 2016 | Comment
Digital specialisms shaping up to be a shoo-in for temporary IT workers; this year and next.
'Scarce' IT contractor skills drop to just two, but calls to liberalise the visa regime persist.
8th November, 2016 | Contracting News
Make more traders exempt from quarterly tax e-updates, and delay them, HMRC told.
7th November, 2016 | Money News
Experts find fault with a new probe that lumps agency temps in with 'gig' workers.
3rd November, 2016 | Job News
Listed and at-a-glance; the eight areas that government wants your input on.
A new red flag for contractors emerges, ahead of much easier IR35 enforcement for HMRC.
2nd November, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor's Brexiter colleague said to favour leaving out an economic boost on November 23rd.
1st November, 2016 | Contracting News
Tribunal risks crashing the 'gig economy' by deeming 40,000 app drivers as not self-employed.
31st October, 2016 | Contracting News
Hammond heard looking at disallowing the one-two punch of a Budget followed by an AS.
Innocent mistakes add £1bn more to the tax gap than avoidance.
28th October, 2016 | Money News
Heated meeting between tax and agency staff boils over into accusations, rebukes and denials.
26th October, 2016 | IR35 News
Chancellor reassures the banks, and other hirers worried about the talent pipeline post-Brexit.
24th October, 2016 | Job News
Last chance to give your view on what the Small Business Commissioner must do.
24th October, 2016 | Money News
Accountancy firm's temporary techies to each net thousands less before Christmas.
19th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Chancellor criticised for being too risk-averse, just as firms ask him to boost them by billions.
18th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'More to be done' says NHS regulator, ready to collect data about top rate temps.
18th October, 2016 | Job News
Another alert issued over the future availability of tax advice on complex matters.
17th October, 2016 | Money News
Jittery clients shifted their IT hiring to 'temporary,' and most will stay reliant.
14th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'Accept being taxed like an employee or quit and see the taxman'-- UKHO memo.
13th October, 2016 | IR35 News
How a HMRC consultation could end up hurting the availability and cost of guidance you rely on.
12th October, 2016 | Comment
Tribunal's attention to 'what actually happened' impresses top status adviser.
11th October, 2016 | IR35 News
Taxman takes on two newsreaders to try to cast the die against droves of other PSCs.
10th October, 2016 | IR35 News
The shrugging off by clients continues, despite one or two hiring pauses -- REC.
10th October, 2016 | Contracting News
'Focus on employers, forget more of the same and resist tarring with the same brush.'
6th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Only accountants are out-stashing techies, whose current account balance is unmatched.
6th October, 2016 | Money News
Contractors with offshore tax issues will be hard-pressed to find the WDF's soft spots.
5th October, 2016 | Comment
Chancellor hints at help for high-tech, including on hiring IT workers from abroad.
4th October, 2016 | Contracting News
Now's the time for the Small Business Commissioner, says IPSE, not next year.
3rd October, 2016 | Money News
PM gets a CEO to review the blurring between bosses, workers and contractors.
3rd October, 2016 | Contracting News
Axe antiquated 'SDC' test and forget about shifting IR35's liability, says ARC.
29th September, 2016 | IR35 News
Scheme selling your PSC to Cyprus, so income can turn into relievable gains, is targeted.
28th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Contractors, here's why HMRC's new warning to you isn't acceptable.
28th September, 2016 | Comment
Makers of a free film on mobile development hope to be a hit with the jobless.
27th September, 2016 | TechZone
Fixed-term roles to also be refused by PSCs, who will ‘starve’ public sector of skills.
22nd September, 2016 | IR35 News
Contractors, write to your MP about the damage IR35 reform will inflict from April.
21st September, 2016 | Comment
IPSE, REC and the IoD all want a fiscal stimulus on November 23rd.
20th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Chancellor told by Treasury committee chair that being right is more important than being rigid.
19th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Government's 25% top-up can go towards a house deposit, Treasury confirms.
19th September, 2016 | Money News
How your other half can share your PSC's dividends while cutting your tax bill.
14th September, 2016 | Comment
IR35, and other policies you can feedback on, set for Hammond's inaugural AS.
12th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Forgetting to pay-in what's already been paid incurs firms a £740 weekly charge.
12th September, 2016 | Money News
Shock of Brexit vote said to have subsided in August.
8th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Tax simplification unit attacks 'unnecessarily complex' IR35 reform plan.
7th September, 2016 | IR35 News
Placements almost held up after 'Leave,' but new openings are down by double-digits.
7th September, 2016 | Contracting News
For the first time, the traditional way to pay is now the least used.
6th September, 2016 | Money News
Workers face tax on the full amount of pay sacrificed, bar for a few BiKs, from April.
5th September, 2016 | Contracting News
Exodus of contractors expected to hit PSCs, agents and public sector services.
1st September, 2016 | IR35 News
And even those who know about it say HMRC isn't providing enough information.
23rd August, 2016 | Contracting News
An information shortage seems to make April 6th a tall order for LISA providers.
23rd August, 2016 | Money News
'Flipping' tax debts from a PSC to its persons is a growing business for HMRC.
22nd August, 2016 | Comment
'A very real issue' appears to be keeping small firms from going to court.
22nd August, 2016 | Contracting News
Today's the day to tell the taxman how he'll hurt public sector contracting.
18th August, 2016 | Comment
As Brexit clouds are only on the horizon (not overhead), IT contracting conditions are still good.
17th August, 2016 | Comment