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Matt Fryer

Matt is a Chartered Tax Advisor with 18 years' experience of advising on tax planning and compliance. Matt has been with Brookson since 2009, having previously worked for Big 4 accountants, KPMG and PwC. Matt’s primary role is to ensure that the services provided by the Brookson Group comply with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements. Matt is also a Board member of the FCSA, the UK's leading membership body dedicated to promoting supply chain compliance for the temporary labour market.

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A guide on the crucial mechanism for limited company contractors to report additional payments, deductions and adjustments to HMRC.

1st October, 2024 | Limited Companies

For the purpose of trade? And primarily for business purposes? If ‘yes,’ and with some PSC-focused phrases, your new profile is allowable.

7th August, 2024 | Expenses

To put a CV refresh fee on your company, coordinating closely with the rewriter is key, assuming you want to sleep at night.

24th July, 2024 | CV Guides

Ranging from subscriptions and pensions to VAT perks and insurance, inside IR35 doesn’t totally turn the tax efficiency tap off if you’re a director.

29th May, 2024 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Top 10 botches of the contractor expenses kind – each of which directors should make it their job to avoid.

13th May, 2024 | Limited Companies

On top of the principle expenses contractors in a PSC can claim, add these 14.

7th May, 2024 | Expenses

Eleven top takeaways for contractors from the chancellor’s Spring Budget 2024.

7th March, 2024 | Limited Companies

The strengths -- worries -- threats and opportunities, incoming for contractors in this uncertain, but now undisputed election year.

Tax and spending tips on what every limited company director needs to know at this time of year.

20th December, 2023 | Limited Companies

Why PRR is one of the best tax reliefs going, and how to take advantage of it as a PSC.

29th November, 2023 | Money

The nitty gritty of reporting to officialdom when your limited company is not doing business.

21st November, 2023 | Limited Companies

How to pay back what you owe, to both HMRC and the Student Loans Company.

16th November, 2023 | Money

Explained: the hoops to jump through to get your company’s tax back from HMRC.

14th November, 2023 | Limited Companies

What contractors should know about Universal Credit, including the official and unofficial terms like ‘elements,’ ‘ins’ and ‘outs.’

23rd October, 2023 | Limited Companies

An unpicking of why, because of tax considerations, the NMW does not pay for most PSC contractors.

17th October, 2023 | Limited Companies

Dividend-payers should get clued up on the worst-case scenario -- HMRC seizing personal assets to recover amounts owed to your limited company.

Improving the off-payroll rules, while threatening abusive brolly engagers with a hefty HMRC liability, should put PSCs back in vogue.

The contractor industry can largely get behind a set-off mechanism from April 6th 2024 -- even if it smacks of the government's whack-a-mole approach.

Another £9,000 thanks to the chancellor could well inspire IR35-hit contractors back into the fold, even via brolly roles caught by the legislation.

26th March, 2023 | Umbrella Companies

An understanding of both tax residency and IR35 is required to realise when international contractual chains are caught.

16th November, 2022 | IR35