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Simon Moore

Simon writes impartial news and engaging features for the contractor industry, covering, IR35, the loan charge and general tax and legislation. He also edits and commissions viewpoint pieces and ‘how to’ guides from the industry’s leading experts.

He trained under NCTJ-approved journalism tutors before working in the newsrooms of leading consumer, local and national media titles.

He is the managing director of Moore News Ltd, whose clients include trade publications, digital start-ups and FTSE-listed recruiters.

Author Content

French bank tells its UK IT contractors to lower their rates or leave.

£13,000 worth of prizes on offer to the top contractors of today and tomorrow.

First week of 2015 begins to put earnings into your own pocket - not the taxman's.  

Margins of Whitehall's technology suppliers to be laid bare every three months.

Earning £100 online provokes the taxman, while incurring it pacifies him. 

A laundry list rather than easy answers faces a techie eyeing a tax-efficient base in Germany. 

29th May, 2015 | Contracting Overseas

Umbrella and limited company bosses favour a five-year freeze, but not unreservedly.  

Expert helps a Manx IT contractor assess if a stint in the UK will be too taxing.

28th May, 2015 | Contracting Overseas

Twenty traps on the benefits and expenses form that may lead to a compliance review.

Government to consult on how representative bodies can challenge payment terms.

Online trader who was let go by the Revenue, only to lie on his tax return, is sentenced.

Lawyer's top tips on using CoA to help thwart the Intermediaries legislation.

21st May, 2015 | IR35

Wide-ranging look at penalties considers what to do if 'life just gets in the way.'

Taxman denies accusations that he's shifted the goalposts on confirmation letters and IR35.

IR35 expert suggests a CoA letter is still worth much more than the paper it's printed on.

20th May, 2015 | IR35

S660 named among the uncertainties that couples face in an outdated tax system.

IPSE says one-man bands would be less adrift on Monday if the digital networks worked.

'Working people' to be at the heart of chancellor's first Conservative Budget.

Becoming your own boss isn't necessarily your lender's business, reassures an IFA.

18th May, 2015 | Money

Wide-ranging act put in place to help UK become 'best place in the world' to start-up.