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For the first time in a long time, the chancellor’s March statement isn’t forecast to be a tax-raising event for the UK’s ...

That said, it's not all 'doom and gloom,' and it's certainly not 'as you were' because there are six big developments potentially affecting contractors this year. First, one of the biggest things for ...

While Joint & Several Liability is already triggering requests that deserve short shrift, the Finance Bill alone won’t ...

What’s in store for IT contractors this year, according to a veteran freelance business analyst who’s seen off recessions, AI ...

The Statutory Residence Test (SRT) allows contractors and other individuals to determine residence status for a tax year, writes Kevin Austin, managing director of Access Financial. Each tax year is ...

Last week, the contractor sector learned that a well-known umbrella company is facing allegations of inappropriate practice in the form of ‘skimming,’ writes Crawford Temple, CEO of Professional ...

VAT can seem daunting, but as 2025-26 dawns, have you considered making life easier by using the Flat Rate Scheme? In fact, while VAT can be complex, what if there was a way to make Value Added Tax ...

The directors of an umbrella company who swindled £45million have been jailed for a total of almost three decades, in what is said to be the UK’s largest ever payroll fraud of its kind. Geoffrey, ...

The concept of being Inside IR35 (or Outside IR35) results from the issue that faced the Inland Revenue in 1999 -- ‘disguised employment,’ writes Danny Batey, senior tax consultant at Markel. HMRC ...

‘Umbrella or PAYE: what is the difference?’ It’s a fair question, a good question even, but first we ought to ask a more fundamental one, writes Lucy Smith, managing director of Clarity Umbrella. And ...