'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.

Scheme selling your PSC to Cyprus, so income can turn into relievable gains, is targeted.

Contractors, here's why HMRC's new warning to you isn't acceptable.

Makers of a free film on mobile development hope to be a hit with the jobless.

Fixed-term roles to also be refused by PSCs, who will ‘starve’ public sector of skills.

Contractors, write to your MP about the damage IR35 reform will inflict from April.

IPSE, REC and the IoD all want a fiscal stimulus on November 23rd.

Chancellor told by Treasury committee chair that being right is more important than being rigid.

Government's 25% top-up can go towards a house deposit, Treasury confirms.

How your other half can share your PSC's dividends while cutting your tax bill.

IR35, and other policies you can feedback on, set for Hammond's inaugural AS.

Forgetting to pay-in what's already been paid incurs firms a £740 weekly charge.

Shock of Brexit vote said to have subsided in August.

Tax simplification unit attacks 'unnecessarily complex' IR35 reform plan.

Placements almost held up after 'Leave,' but new openings are down by double-digits.

For the first time, the traditional way to pay is now the least used.

Workers face tax on the full amount of pay sacrificed, bar for a few BiKs, from April.

Exodus of contractors expected to hit PSCs, agents and public sector services.

And even those who know about it say HMRC isn't providing enough information.

An information shortage seems to make April 6th a tall order for LISA providers.

'Flipping' tax debts from a PSC to its persons is a growing business for HMRC.

'A very real issue' appears to be keeping small firms from going to court.

Today's the day to tell the taxman how he'll hurt public sector contracting.

As Brexit clouds are only on the horizon (not overhead), IT contracting conditions are still good.

HMRC refuses to exempt incorporated businesses from online accounts in 2018. 

Revenue retreats on its plan to mandate digital accounts for all self-employed.

HR managers warn the IR35 changes will cost money and talent.

August 1st saw another two financial giants axe IT rates, each blaming 'uncertainty.' 

UK tech companies have two capitals fighting for their favour.

Another dataset casts Developers as the techie winners of the Brexit vote.

Join the league now for your chance to win!

Superimposing the IR35 plan for the public sector on the private sector won’t be easy.

Three advisers are far from alone in feeling the fallout from offshore schemes failing. 

Treasury says Budget 2016's rewrite of IR35 for the public sector will go ahead.

Software firm says GDPR isn't going to be one less EU regulation to worry about.