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Brexit uncertainty isn't stopping clients sourcing the IT contractors they need. 

Written by Simon Moore
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'We’re not there yet,' says an IT advisory with an eye on robots displacing humans.

Written by Simon Moore
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Court ruling lets work-seekers with misdemeanours in the past, stay in the past.

Written by Simon Moore
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Almost a fifth of clients are stumping up incentives to make ex-PSCs stay on.

Written by Simon Moore
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What the UK's new administration should commit to on June 9th and why.

Written by Simon Moore
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Staffing giant succumbs to HMRC, foregoing £300m and outlaying about half as much.

Written by Simon Moore
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But talk of 'working families,' and a vow to hike company tax, will unsettle contractors.

Written by Simon Moore
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Forget next year’s cut to it, it's the dividend allowance itself that the taxman can't compute.

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Tiny traders overwhelmingly plan to keep at it, despite economic worries.

Written by Simon Moore
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Despite public sector 'chaos,' the track operator signals faith in its off-payroll staff's status.

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Digital accounts dropped from Finance Bill, but a 'retrospective IR35 shock' is included.

Written by Simon Moore
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Labour vows to hit big firms that leave their small suppliers in the financial lurch.

Written by Simon Moore
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Labour and Tories start tax talk, as a status review and post-election Budget are mooted.

Written by Simon Moore
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Contractor sector in 'great danger' of off-payroll problems becoming permanent.

Written by Simon Moore
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CEBR: Limited companies face three times more in MTD costs than the government claims.

Written by Simon Moore
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How limiting your income can be more financially rewarding than it sounds.

Written by Carolyn Walsh
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A common status scenario we've seen since April 6th, and what to do about it.

Written by Simon Moore
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Agencies worrying; clients double-checking, PSCs refusing and the ESS changing.

Written by Simon Moore
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Uncertainty and unskilled, nervy permies are playing into the hands of IT contractors.

Written by Simon Moore
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New savings account a 'step in the right direction', but beware the pitfall, says IPSE.

Written by Simon Moore
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And other tales...so hirers will do more for you than just read your beginning, middle and end.

Written by Simon Moore
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'More non-permies on premiums, and fewer having rates cut than pre-EU vote.'

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'Be ready for HMRC’s challenge if your outside IR35 result hinges on ESS question five.'

Written by Simon Moore
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Separating fact from fiction about what's now here -- IR35 reform in the public sector.

Written by Simon Moore
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Revenue recommits to the results of the ESS, following claims they are in doubt.

Written by Simon Moore
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PSCs behind the ESS quit over IR35 fears, sign-posting a 'bumpy road' for the Revenue.

Written by Simon Moore
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Taxman tackles a 'contractor' arrangement that disguises income as loyalty points.

Written by Simon Moore
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Two steps to take before Thursday if you've already been deemed inside IR35.

Written by Simon Moore
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Getting to grips with how a brolly operates is the key to avoiding any nasty surprises.

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Digital imaging boosts the prospects (and clearing times) of paper payments.

Written by Simon Moore
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Off-payroll angst hits fever pitch on the health service, as compulsion replaces choice.

Written by Simon Moore
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Recruiters ask MPs if next week's IR35 reform is a baby too big for its pram.

Written by Simon Moore
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Eight areas where the ESS falls down and needs fixing.

Written by Simon Moore
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Chancellor's concession is welcomed, but reservations remain over MTD's cost, timing and use.

Written by Simon Moore
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A real disruptor for their organisation is just a fortnight away, say nine in 10 officers.

Written by Simon Moore
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April showers on PSCs make payroll firms' pensions a tax shelter worth exploring.

Written by Simon Moore
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Final set of April 6th rules outlaws clients from making blanket IR35 assessments.

Written by Simon Moore
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Will April's IR35 legislation leave more PSCs in its wake than last April's T&S rules?

Written by Simon Moore
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Red-faced chancellor shreds his plan to raid freelancers from 2019.

Written by Simon Moore
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Get the official word on whether you’re a limited cost trader, and likely to pay more VAT.

Written by Simon Moore
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Convert to a brolly and so pay more tax than inside IR35, or be gone, PSCs told.

Written by Simon Moore
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Almost all contractors fear walking out before April will hurt taxpayer-funded bodies.

Written by Simon Moore
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Get tailored help on the off-payroll rules, to work out what 23 days’ time means for you.

Written by Simon Moore
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Budget's biggest windfall is by setting the break-evens at £2,000, £8,667 and £10,092.

Written by Simon Moore
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Theresa May's intervention is welcomed, yet up to £700 more in Class 4 is still incoming.

Written by Simon Moore
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Varying levels of outcry reflect varying levels of tax, but your new liability is capped at £1,143.

Written by Simon Moore
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Planning, info and advice are the best triple-lock to protect against Hammond's squeeze.

Written by Simon Moore
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£3,000 hike in PSCs' taxable income seen as a lesser evil than extending off-payroll rules.

Written by Simon Moore
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Philip Hammond delivers his first Budget, to prepare Britain for a 'fairer' future.

Written by Simon Moore
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IFA: Will the chancellor strike the right (or wrong) notes for your personal finances?

Written by Simon Moore
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Budget 2017 fears compel the first commercial outfit to begin banishing 'Ltd' workers.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Courts have already ruled against the flawed approach that HMRC is still evolving.'

Written by Simon Moore
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Another expert says PSCs with commercial clients could be brought into scope on Wednesday.

Written by Simon Moore
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Contractors should look (at these figures) before they leap into an umbrella company before April 6th.

Written by Carolyn Walsh
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Check your status for tax, invites HMRC, opening the ESS -- in all but name.

Written by Simon Moore
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Fee-payers must decide PSCs’ status before using the later than promised ESS.

Written by Simon Moore
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The options are unfortunately few and far between for PSCs owed at least £250,000.

Written by Simon Moore
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Local government leaders team up to push IR35 reforms back until October.

Written by Simon Moore
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The key announcements that brolly users and PSCs will hear from Hammond.

Written by Simon Moore
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Bosses' Brexit concerns allayed, as more 'exceptional' techies are due in from overseas.

Written by Simon Moore
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Scepticism about the late payments tsar remerges, just as its debut is set in stone.

Written by Simon Moore
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Beeb investigation finding ‘unfairness’ hailed as grounds to close all brollies.

Written by Simon Moore
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Cautious chancellor unlikely to move off-payroll rule liability, but a 'duty of care' is feasible.

Written by Simon Moore
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South Pacific’s 'tech and innovation capital' offers IT candidates a career trip of a life-time. 

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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No tax software inside most small ventures will make MTD a hard slog, survey suggests.

Written by Simon Moore
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Off-payroll techies at Guy's & St Thomas' say a £16.5m project will grind to a halt when they quit.

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

Written by Simon Moore
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Contractors seen in the collateral from April's clampdown on the popular VAT scheme.

Written by Simon Moore
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PSCs and their agents will find a new 'cornerstone' just as pointed as umbrellas.

Written by Simon Moore
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Cops give wannabe techie a driving ban instead of IT support role.

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

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

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

Written by Simon Moore
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Half a dozen new ways for commerce to flow are already changing industries.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Written by Simon Moore
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'Best Client' of 2016 exports hundreds of tech roles overseas.

Written by Simon Moore
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IPSE tells contractors how to avoid IR35 reform affecting Q1 take-home pay.

Written by Simon Moore
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Wholly ludicrous: 10 items HMRC scoffed at before rejecting.

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

Written by Simon Moore
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'Stick to who you know' seems to prevail, when 'what you know' is under threat.

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

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

Written by Simon Moore
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At-a-glance: the blueprint to 'create more highly skilled, highly paid opportunities.'

Written by Simon Moore
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Late payers the likely cause of a still 'stubbornly high' VAT debt mountain.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tech entrepreneur tries to compute the PM's Davos pledge on IT leadership.

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

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

Written by Simon Moore
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Introducing the Employment Status Service -- the new name for HMRC's IR35 test.

Written by Simon Moore
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Technical personnel much sharper with tax returns than their info colleagues.

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

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

Written by Simon Moore