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Simon Moore

Simon Moore is one of the UK’s most consistently published freelance journalists on freelancing,

self-employment and contractor issues, such as IR35, the Loan Charge and late payment.

Trained in News & Features writing by NCTJ-approved journalism tutors, Simon worked in the newsrooms of local, consumer and national press titles, before setting up his own editorial services company, Moore News Ltd.

The company’s clients include a FTSE-listed recruiter, a division of one of the ‘Big 4’ accountancy firms and the UK’s largest small business forum. Simon’s articles have been linked to by The Daily Telegraph and the biggest newspaper website in the world, MailOnline.

Eight areas where the ESS falls down and needs fixing.

Chancellor's concession is welcomed, but reservations remain over MTD's cost, timing and use.

Why UK employment intermediary regs may be keeping a non-UK PSC at bay.

24th March, 2017 | Contracting Overseas

A real disruptor for their organisation is just a fortnight away, say nine in 10 officers.

April showers on PSCs make payroll firms' pensions a tax shelter worth exploring.

Final set of April 6th rules outlaws clients from making blanket IR35 assessments.

Status help for a PSC stuck on whether his client’s client makes the off-payroll rules apply.

21st March, 2017 | Public Sector Contracting

What to do when you haven't rejected or accepted HMRC's 'inside' assessment.

20th March, 2017 | Public Sector Contracting

Will April's IR35 legislation leave more PSCs in its wake than last April's T&S rules?

Red-faced chancellor shreds his plan to raid freelancers from 2019.

Get the official word on whether you’re a limited cost trader, and likely to pay more VAT.

Legal reassurance, of sorts, for a firm set to flout British law outside of Britain.

16th March, 2017 | Limited Companies

Convert to a brolly and so pay more tax than inside IR35, or be gone, PSCs told.

Almost all contractors fear walking out before April will hurt taxpayer-funded bodies.

Get tailored help on the off-payroll rules, to work out what 23 days’ time means for you.

Budget's biggest windfall is by setting the break-evens at £2,000, £8,667 and £10,092.

Theresa May's intervention is welcomed, yet up to £700 more in Class 4 is still incoming.

Varying levels of outcry reflect varying levels of tax, but your new liability is capped at £1,143.

Your definitive guide to yesterday's big reveals on tech, VAT, the ESS and IR35.

9th March, 2017 | Successful Contracting

Planning, info and advice are the best triple-lock to protect against Hammond's squeeze.