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Review likes the look and feel of the unincorporated, but wants safety like a ‘Ltd.’  

Written by Simon Moore
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At-a-glance: the tax unit's most important major and minor recommendations.

Written by Simon Moore
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Hardcore of tax dodgers blamed for genuine oversights triggering HMRC inspections.

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At least on IR35, what one expert wants to see on March 16th is what she expects to see.

Written by Simon Moore
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End-users to defy government expectations on travel and subsistence crackdown.

Written by Simon Moore
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Fresh IR35 assurance process guidance published, in wake of all BETs being off.

Written by Simon Moore
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Chancellor's axe apparently trained on the cash reward you get at 55 for building a nest egg.

Written by Simon Moore
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Agencies fight plans to make UK contractors permies after a year-and-a-half.

Written by Simon Moore
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Reticent taxman starts coughing up to scheme users he unlawfully told to pay-up front.

Written by Simon Moore
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Top tier contractors will want to act before the lifetime pensions allowance abates, again.

Written by Simon Moore
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Government told how to do more to help people in business on their own account.

Written by Simon Moore
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Chancellor's reported windfall would see him pay no tax under his own rule.

Written by Simon Moore
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All rules relating to contractor taxation need a rethink, urges PRISM.

Written by Simon Moore
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Save money or make money? Both are prospects in the new era of collaborative consumption.  

Written by Simon Moore
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Keenness to tie-up contracts pre-Xmas may be affecting demand now, post-Xmas.

Written by Simon Moore
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How to bring forward a distribution; why and where to safeguard against HMRC.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Awful lot' of PSCs accused of exploiting the health service's talent shortage.

Written by Simon Moore
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Top MP and MSP makes no apology over using a PSC for non-political income.

Written by Simon Moore
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Taxman's new way to test PSC contractors for IR35 will be in beta by the spring.  

Written by Simon Moore
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Formal T&S guide to be unveiled, just before all ongoing expenses via brollies get blocked.

Written by Simon Moore
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Your 'SDC' status isn't an issue for your brolly, which will revert to a simple, outsourced PAYE model. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Dragons' Den investee wants a smaller take, but PSCs are already planning for the worst.

Written by Simon Moore
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Confusion and the calendar bode well for the taxman's penalty team.

Written by Simon Moore
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Attempts to block rival trade mark applications are soaring.

Written by Simon Moore
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Site-based workers are Supervision, Direction or Control's most undeserving victims.

Written by Simon Moore
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Updating us at least quarterly will not be akin to four tax returns a year, claims HMRC.

Written by Simon Moore
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Your invitation to help four sectors make the case to keep travel and subsistence relief.

Written by Simon Moore
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HMRC updates the list of laughable claims made for missing the Jan 31 deadline.

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New salary threshold would catch 94% of migrants being imported for third-party IT contracts.

Written by Simon Moore
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Written by Simon Moore
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Loopholes found in a plan to block one-man 'Ltds' from the Employment Allowance.

Written by Simon Moore
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What to ask your employer ahead of April’s clampdown on T&S tax relief.

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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The best agents, advisers, brollies, clients and contractors (among others), are revealed.

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Three outcomes that belie the government’s assessment of ‘no economic impact.’  

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Growth of temporary IT opportunities surges to the quickest since April.

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Taxman says sorry for issuing pay-up front demands, but keeps quiet about refunds.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tech hubs help take the rate of IT company formation to pre-recession territory. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Five things set to dominate the PSC contractor market over the next 12 months.

Written by Simon Moore
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Even a real-world look at T&S restrictions is populated by more questions than answers.  

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Contractors’ top-paying clients set for ‘selective and strategic’ IT spending mode.  

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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IFA: Use the festive holiday to unwrap a nest egg that’s no longer stuffy or rigid.

Written by Laura Wilkinson
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Over 76,000 people object at being forced to report to HMRC 'at least' every quarter.

Written by Simon Moore
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Some liquidating contractors will rethink ahead of a big change to company distribution rules.

Written by Simon Moore
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Answers sought on why you went 'Ltd;' how much it costs to comply and what you'd change.

Written by Simon Moore
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Shrewd contractors won't just wait for the shoe(s) to drop.

Written by Simon Moore
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A 'no surprises' bill reads much better for limited companies than it does for brolly workers.

Written by Simon Moore
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Ten areas where the Revenue is squaring up to contractors -- now and for the future.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Sky high' premiums on offer, notably for Cyber Security Crisis Managers.

Written by Simon Moore
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Labour and Tory MPs team up to take on a 'short-sighted' plan to restrict T&S relief.

Written by Simon Moore
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Digital marketers are the only contractors who IT agents are struggling to find.

Written by Simon Moore
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All but two IT contractor skills are pointing in a positive pay direction.

Written by Simon Moore
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The end of ongoing relief is an extra strain on umbrella contractors' expenses from April.

Written by Simon Moore
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Seventeen definitive steps to be taken, including forgetting the Freelancer Limited Company.

Written by Simon Moore
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What IT contractors can’t afford to miss in the chancellor’s AS-Spending Review combo.

Written by Simon Moore
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Second-home contractors won’t be fans of the chancellor, but they won’t be fazed by him either.

Written by Simon Moore
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Cap on contracting could be unveiled as early as next month, PSCs told.

Written by Simon Moore
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Osborne unveils a combined Spending Review and Autumn Statement to 'rebuild Britain.'

Written by Simon Moore
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No proposal in the AS to cap PSC contracting, but it could still be around the corner.

Written by Simon Moore
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Any significant relief is 18 months away at very, very best, micro-businesses told.

Written by Simon Moore
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Today's price cap on IT agency contractors looks perilous for healthcare and its tech talent pool.

Written by Simon Moore
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Two sources (independent of each other) flesh out a plan to put some PSCs on the payroll.

Written by Simon Moore
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A 'one-month-then-payroll' clause won’t work where many think IR35 has failed.

Written by Simon Moore
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All eyes are on new laws, but it’s the 2007 MSC rules that are costing contractors many thousands.   

Written by Carolyn Walsh
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Cuts to innovation would leave UK in the ‘industrial slow lane,’ chancellor told.

Written by Simon Moore
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Letter template lets contractors object to the 'rumoured' plan to payroll PSCs after a month.

Written by Simon Moore
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Overload of information protection developments should put IT contractors on alert in four areas.

Written by Simon Moore
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Those prophesying disaster for all EBTs aren't doing so based on the latest Rangers case ruling.

Written by Simon Moore
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Fallout from 'one-month cap' would be economical as well as political, chancellor told.

Written by Simon Moore
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Ex-government secondee declines to add to conjecture by the Mail and Guardian.

Written by Simon Moore
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Three straight months of slower growth for IT contractors comes to an end.

Written by Simon Moore
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Scathing report reveals how the Revenue is failing millions of taxpayers on multiple fronts.

Written by Simon Moore
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'Control' should be the ONLY choice viable to HMRC.

Written by Simon Moore
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Most contract professionals think Britain is stronger in (not out of) Europe - survey.

Written by Simon Moore
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Contract techies at GBM begin doing the same work for less money; less of the time.

Written by Simon Moore
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Making business simpler and less taxing should top the chancellor's agenda on Nov 25.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tax body rejects 'SDC' in favour of a reporting requirement on contractors and clients.

Written by Simon Moore
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Revenue retires its paperwork probes, but firms booked in will still have an inspector call.

Written by Simon Moore
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Tax relief ban looks even more unfair against freelancers' long list of lingering concerns.

Written by Simon Moore
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Umbrella boss maps out the contracting landscape in a post-SDC world.

Written by Simon Moore
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A single measure imposed on HMRC casts you as the low-hanging fruit, multiple times.

Written by Simon Moore
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Seven months running of self-employment slipping suggests support next month is vital.

Written by Simon Moore
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Business owners should set out their tax affairs online – CBI.

Written by Simon Moore
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Recruiters who rule-break with malice will be the focus of BIS’s enforcement teams.

Written by Simon Moore
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One-man bands will welcome lower prices, says IPSE.

Written by Simon Moore
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Careless mistakes over relatively small sums may still cost you six months in prison.

Written by Simon Moore
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Sixth bid to quash 'BN66' fails, so it's now up to property developers and Montpelier.

Written by Simon Moore
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Attempts by HMRC to spell out supervision, direction or control are 'perfunctory'.

Written by Simon Moore
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Fewer and fewer freelancers foresee more public IT contracts.

Written by Simon Moore
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Whispers of another rate cut put the dampeners on an already subdued September. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Existing remedies for the unpaid hailed as better than new cures.

Written by Simon Moore
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The upturn is helping stack the odds of small traders paying VAT on time against them.

Written by Simon Moore
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If 'SDC' bites, the end is nigh for tens of thousands of limited companies.

Written by Simon Moore
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Even those contractors who can (and want to) pay their APN are beset with cashflow concerns. 

Written by Simon Moore
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Contractors join celebs in the Revenue's six-figure net where you pay up front.

Written by Simon Moore
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Findings from ISPE suggest that an anti-late payment 'tsar' is not before time.

Written by Simon Moore
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Two weeks' forced leave + 10% reduction = contractors almost 20% worse off.

Written by Simon Moore
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Paying less to HMRC is the bottom line of two reasons to reform dividends.

Written by Simon Moore
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Business officials want one-man bands to speak up about their issues.

Written by Simon Moore
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Now's the time for middle ground contractors to stand fast.

Written by Carolyn Walsh
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Chancellor picks Nov 25 for his first Tory Spending Review and Autumn Statement.

Written by Simon Moore