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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

Run a company singlehandedly? Work on your own? ‘You’re not alone.’

Part 1 of 2 on how PSCs can prepare for potential IR35 changes in the private sector.

12th September, 2018 | Private Sector IR35 Reform

Comfortable growth for tech contractors is outshone by permie demand and scarcity.

Despite 'many' and 'strong' pointers to the BBC employing her, one PSC isn't giving up.

Calling time on the taxman’s 30-day clock is denounced as likely to hurt companies’ cashflow.

A passive-aggressive query tops the table of irritating things people say on email.

Brolly avoidance guide is launched to approval, but bosses say it's not rocket science.

HMRC's five-minute response target almost missed, and its 10-minute wait volume almost exceeded.

VAT-registered companies handed fresh guidance on what to do from April 2019.

The rise of AI and the self-employed is why one proposal has become eight.

Chancellor tipped to use Budget 2018 to make pensions more taxing for top earners.

Bounty payments totalling almost £350k go to people HMRC says should keep quiet.

Apps are changing financial services’ reputation from rate-enhancer to life-enricher. Are you benefiting?

Digital, micro and young businesses called to compete in a national contest.

Far less ‘bumping’ for those on contract income multiples via considerate lenders -- CMME.

Revenue ranked first by the almost four in 10 contractors to be IR35-assessed as a group.

A once asset-poor fraudster who couldn't pay gets his newly won chip-stack taken away.

It’s not for the faint-hearted, but fixing the higgledy-piggledy may be your lucrative niche.

There's lots of compelling new reasons to contract in Europe’s oldest nation state.

20th August, 2018 | Contracting Overseas

A foul-mouthed Revenue staffer is recorded swearing at a ‘gobsmacked’ caller.