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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

Bank to ‘undoubtedly’ keep engaging PSCs, but it still wants 5,000 external techies on-payroll.

PM urged to act sooner rather than later, as August’s and September’s cut-off could claim more lives.

What can and can’t be claimed when limited company workers stay overnight for business.

1st August, 2019 | Expenses

Short-term fixed savings accounts are the best bet to avoid an April 2020 gamble.

1st August, 2019 | Money

‘Only very valued PSCs will get access to the (toothless, flawed) system; the rest won’t.'

Alert issued over fake clients, and fraudulent ‘contractors’ making off with agencies’ cash.

Ex-Tory leader reminds the current leader about HMT’s ‘unfair, damaging retrospection.’

Government off-payroll rules ‘review’ says 2012’s have been ‘superseded’ by 2017’s.

The contractor sector’s biggest endorsement yet of the PM’s appointments goes to HMT’s new boss.

The case of the doctor who did a commendable job underlines the injustice imposed, and incoming, on others who work independently.

Time (and volatility) might not be on the new Tory leader’s side, but the hope is he’ll clear the big obstacles.

Mutuality and Substitution save Dr Mantides from an IR35 bill of £30k -- partially.

Minister deluged with personal testimony after saying he welcomes being corrected by evidence.

BT, BAE, Centrica, Fujitsu and Prudential are removed for Prompt Payment Code flouting.

Not enshrining the tool hasn’t taken the heat out of how ‘useless’ version 2 is expected to be.

Loan Charge APPG tells peers that Jesse Norman’s pledge doesn’t mean what it sounds like.

A help to PSCs? A trigger for more blanketing? Or just more complexity? Experts think it all.

A great way to learn and find work excludes almost 1milllion agency contractors, government told.

No duty on engagers to notify exempt status means PSC won’t know if IR35 is in play or not.

Few curveballs but no delay, as the biggest shake-up to contracting is going ahead from next April.