Seven sure-fire ways to stay safe from schemes dressing up as umbrellas.

With an HMRC ‘due diligence’ requirement on recruiters all but incoming, these five umbrella vetting steps are both timely and seminal.

For contractors it could be a boon. For everyone else, it’s a case of waiting for the other shoe to drop.

An explainer to the HMRC system in place to flag up when contractors haven’t had PAYE deducted.

What lurks at Section 44-47 of Chapter 7 of part 2 ITEPA -- explained.

How much being inside the off-payroll rules can set contractors back.

How you see yourself won’t necessarily show in the client’s assessment, and that assumes an assessment will actually be made.

Getting paid on a PAYE basis indicates the tug of war over status has been won by the ‘risk-limiting’ party.

Disappointment for a PSC hoping that the 12-month delay has unearthed ways around April's rules.

How an incentive to take on more staff (not to reduce your tax bill), interacts with April’s off-payroll rules.

A refresher on the HMRC framework that covered, covers and will cover PSCs.

The effect on contractors is one and the same – that the off-payroll rules apply.

‘There’s no such tax. But what you’re referring to is soon to shift, again.’