Contracting News

Forget the how, what and why – it's the when of the dividend tax that'll sting.

REC warns of scaled back recruitment in wake of April's tax changes.

At-a-glance: the tax unit's most important major and minor recommendations.

Hardcore of tax dodgers blamed for genuine oversights triggering HMRC inspections.

At least on IR35, what one expert wants to see on March 16^th is what she expects to see.

End-users to defy government expectations on travel and subsistence crackdown.

Agencies fight plans to make UK contractors permies after a year-and-a-half.

Top tier contractors will want to act before the lifetime pensions allowance abates, again.

Government told how to do more to help people in business on their own account.

Chancellor's reported windfall would see him pay no tax under his own rule.

All rules relating to contractor taxation need a rethink, urges PRISM.

Save money or make money? Both are prospects in the new era of collaborative consumption.  

Keenness to tie-up contracts pre-Xmas may be affecting demand now, post-Xmas.

How to bring forward a distribution; why and where to safeguard against HMRC.

'Awful lot' of PSCs accused of exploiting the health service's talent shortage.

Top MP and MSP makes no apology over using a PSC for non-political income.

Formal T&S guide to be unveiled, just before all ongoing expenses via brollies get blocked.

Your 'SDC' status isn't an issue for your brolly, which will revert to a simple, outsourced PAYE model. 

Dragons' Den investee wants a smaller take, but PSCs are already planning for the worst.

Attempts to block rival trade mark applications are soaring.

Site-based workers are Supervision, Direction or Control's most undeserving victims.

Your invitation to help four sectors make the case to keep travel and subsistence relief.

New salary threshold would catch 94% of migrants being imported for third-party IT contracts.

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Loopholes found in a plan to block one-man 'Ltds' from the Employment Allowance.

What to ask your employer ahead of April’s clampdown on T&S tax relief.

The best agents, advisers, brollies, clients and contractors (among others), are revealed.

Three outcomes that belie the government’s assessment of ‘no economic impact.’  

Growth of temporary IT opportunities surges to the quickest since April.

Tech hubs help take the rate of IT company formation to pre-recession territory. 

Five things set to dominate the PSC contractor market over the next 12 months.

Even a real-world look at T&S restrictions is populated by more questions than answers.  

Contractors’ top-paying clients set for ‘selective and strategic’ IT spending mode.  

IFA: Use the festive holiday to unwrap a nest egg that’s no longer stuffy or rigid.

Over 76,000 people object at being forced to report to HMRC 'at least' every quarter.

Some liquidating contractors will rethink ahead of a big change to company distribution rules.

Answers sought on why you went 'Ltd;' how much it costs to comply and what you'd change.

Shrewd contractors won't just wait for the shoe(s) to drop.

A 'no surprises' bill reads much better for limited companies than it does for brolly workers.

Ten areas where the Revenue is squaring up to contractors -- now and for the future.