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Latest stance on the off-payroll rules is released, just as the tool to bed them in isn't.

Contractors seen in the collateral from April's clampdown on the popular VAT scheme.

PSCs and their agents will find a new 'cornerstone' just as pointed as umbrellas.

Cops give wannabe techie a driving ban instead of IT support role.

1,700 'Ltd' workers to leave the government sector within the next seven weeks.

New series on what agencies make of public sector IR35 reform starts with this Q&A.

How the public sector might look to IT contractors in a few months' time.

Half a dozen new ways for commerce to flow are already changing industries.

January was buoyant, but dry if you wanted to cash-in on IT temp shortages.

HMRC hints at a let-off, saying your e-account will only cost you hundreds, not thousands.

Off-payroll rules seen as a springboard for HMRC to investigate contracts before April.

'Aggressive tree-shaking' exercise at DE&S, as PSCs are told to comply (somehow) or get out.

To have an IR35 review, or not have an IR35 review? That is the question, as new rules loom.

Personal service companies facing April’s IR35 changes are among those handed an official guide.

What we should've said about where we are now on appealing IR35 from April.

Not even 10 out of 26,000 petitions have made a difference, figures indicate.

And the two 'not so hot' temporary IT specialists who might struggle this year.

More than 16,000 people are objecting to the IR35 changes in the public sector.

'Best Client' of 2016 exports hundreds of tech roles overseas.

IPSE tells contractors how to avoid IR35 reform affecting Q1 take-home pay.

Wholly ludicrous: 10 items HMRC scoffed at before rejecting.

Just 70 days to go until public bodies and agents must be up and running with a new IR35.

'Stick to who you know' seems to prevail, when 'what you know' is under threat.

Who's won what and what they'd like to say in return for your vote.

Hi-tech sector speaks of delight and desperation, as it rips off the PM’s 'helping hand.'

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.

Tech entrepreneur tries to compute the PM's Davos pledge on IT leadership.

Are they supplying people or services? Or both? IR35 expert reveals what you need to ask.

City transport body bars 'Ltd' workers, as it moves to 'do its duty' and protect itself.

Introducing the Employment Status Service -- the new name for HMRC's IR35 test.

Technical personnel much sharper with tax returns than their info colleagues.

Panel of MPs joins chorus calling for a delay, at least to '2019/20, possibly later.'

Business lobby accused of crying wolf, as figures show annual cap has never bitten.

'Anti-contracting' chancellor readies two Budgets, ahead of his new Spring Statement.

Arkarius and Optionis team up to create a single contractor services giant with 40,000 clients.

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.

Very hot August for IT contractors made last month miss its normal trajectory.

2017 trends report says machine learning, IoT and streaming will grab the spotlight.

When self-assessors try the ridiculous to avoid being penalised.

We look forward to keeping you up-to-date with all the latest contractor news throughout 2017.

Shuddering at the thought of ‘quarterly accounting’ is fine; not prepping for it isn’t.

Many health service IT contractors tipped to turn to umbrellas before April.

Former reviewer of IR35 turns its attention to Value Added Tax.

Runaway demand seems far from on the cards this festive season.

Most corporate bosses worry about GDPR; but not whether it bites or not.

Managers operating via companies should no longer be paid, hospitals told.

Join Orange Genie for the lowdown on IR35 changes in the public sector.

Draft IR35 legislation puts the new liability on end-users, not agencies.

Setting in stone who the self-employed are will help a host of probes into them.

A pledge to explore differing tax treatment where the work is the same is welcomed.

Rumours of the death of public sector PSC contracting are being greatly exaggerated.

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.

Your chance to pay recognition to those who excel in the IT contractor marketplace.

In-depth takeaways for PSCs from the chancellor's anti-contractor package.

IR35 reform approved; VAT FRS raided, new schemes targeted and incorporation is next.

Philip Hammond's first (and last) AS targets incorporation and disguised self-employment earnings.

Naïve; disingenuous and heading for a fiasco -- say the taxman’s own status advisers.

Theresa May commits to setting corporation tax at a record low.

One-man bands facing 'MTD' deserve 'whatever amount of financial support' they need.

Phone not ringing off the hook with offers? It's your marketing, stupid.

Government's 18,000-strong IT contractor workforce to be cut in half from April – IPSE.

What an adviser to contractors hopes to hear from Hammond on Wednesday.

Timely recommendation for an alignment, not an outright merger that would nullify IR35.

How National Insurance Contributions and Income Tax could be about to change.

Chancellor's draft fails to wow, just as small firms are blamed for half the tax gap.

A potentially new vehicle for contractors succeeds, where a way to tax them fails.

Restricting the rates of those with the mammoth task of modernising the NHS doesn't compute.

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.

Make more traders exempt from quarterly tax e-updates, and delay them, HMRC told.

Experts find fault with a new probe that lumps agency temps in with 'gig' workers.

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.

Chancellor's Brexiter colleague said to favour leaving out an economic boost on November 23rd.

Tribunal risks crashing the 'gig economy' by deeming 40,000 app drivers as not self-employed.

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.

Heated meeting between tax and agency staff boils over into accusations, rebukes and denials.

Chancellor reassures the banks, and other hirers worried about the talent pipeline post-Brexit.

Last chance to give your view on what the Small Business Commissioner must do.

Accountancy firm's temporary techies to each net thousands less before Christmas.

Chancellor criticised for being too risk-averse, just as firms ask him to boost them by billions.

'More to be done' says NHS regulator, ready to collect data about top rate temps.

Another alert issued over the future availability of tax advice on complex matters.

Jittery clients shifted their IT hiring to 'temporary,' and most will stay reliant.

'Accept being taxed like an employee or quit and see the taxman'-- UKHO memo.

How a HMRC consultation could end up hurting the availability and cost of guidance you rely on.

Tribunal's attention to 'what actually happened' impresses top status adviser.

Taxman takes on two newsreaders to try to cast the die against droves of other PSCs.

The shrugging off by clients continues, despite one or two hiring pauses -- REC.

'Focus on employers, forget more of the same and resist tarring with the same brush.'  

Only accountants are out-stashing techies, whose current account balance is unmatched.

Contractors with offshore tax issues will be hard-pressed to find the WDF's soft spots.

Chancellor hints at help for high-tech, including on hiring IT workers from abroad.

Now's the time for the Small Business Commissioner, says IPSE, not next year.

PM gets a CEO to review the blurring between bosses, workers and contractors.

Axe antiquated 'SDC' test and forget about shifting IR35's liability, says ARC.