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5 biggest contractor CV mistakes to avoid making in 2023

Work-winning expert Matt Craven reveals what will get your contractor CV binned in 2023. 

Umbrella companies in 2023: what’s in store for contractor payroll firms

The FCSA, Professional Passport, Parasol, SAW Consulting and Clarity Umbrella do some crystal ball gazing for ContractorUK readers.

IT contractor market preview 2023: skills, rates, rivals and kissing frogs

What next year’s technology labour market has in store for freelance contractors.

Contractors' Questions: Is a Digital Nomad Visa for Spain open to limited company directors?

Britons with a business are big beneficiaries of the Spanish government’s new Start-Ups Law.

A contractor’s guide to run-off cover for Professional Indemnity Insurance

Hiscox explains what run-off cover is for PII and why contractors might need it. 

Managed Service Company (MSC) legislation: an expert's overview for contractors

Lengthy and complex it may be, but the MSC legislation is also clear and exacting. Contractors must be duly diligent.

Your last look at new rules for limited companies before they become law? Potentially

It may be your own business, but Companies House could end up naming it. And that’s even if you did your new director duty of pledging you’ll do no wrong.

Umbrella company payslips: here’s what every contractor must see

Rate, deductions, conversation, and IR35. And possibly explorable in that order -- if you want to avoid nasty surprises as an umbrella employee.

IR35: Are clients compelled to decide ‘inside,’ as HMRC penalties only exist for ‘outside’ decisions?

The odds of landing an outside IR35 determination are stacked against contractors, even if it is about more than just Chapter 10’s uneven penalty provision.

Directors, brace yourself for Putin-inspired changes, albeit dictated by Companies House

Unfortunately the limited company workload isn’t going to lighten. But this non-negotiable ‘reform’ might have the odd upside.

Autumn Statement 2022 round-up for contractors

What a tax lawyer says umbrella and limited company contractors should know about Jeremy Hunt’s Green Book.

IR35 and overseas: do the off-payroll rules apply with non-UK parties in the chain?

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

Contractors’ Questions: Where is hiring being frozen?

Amid uncertainty over tax rises, some businesses will have no choice but to consider hiring freezes -- REC.

How to guard against salary skimming when using an umbrella company

What payslips need to look like, contain and not include, to help ensure you’re getting every penny that you’re due.

Contractors' Questions: Am I paying too much for my accountant?

Sense-check on fees for a freelancer on his family accountancy firm’s sole trader and limited company package.