Ex-HMRC veteran tells ContractorUK that IT contractors could help his ‘focussed’ review, even if it is a ‘disappointingly narrow’ focus according to some.

The chancellor’s Revenue fillip is off to a fortuitous start. Just make sure you’re not the next John Strange.

The Flat Rate Scheme available from HMRC may be an option for you to consider if all that sounds appealing. With the 2025-2026 new tax year less than a week away, one advantage of last week’s ...

That work began in July – and I am proud of what we have delivered in just nine months.

Spring Statement 2025 affects contractors in potentially numerous ways – with ten devils in the detail, but it didn’t live up to its billing. Rachel Reeves’s second fiscal statement was such a damp ...

Spring Statement 2025 unleashing a crackdown on dodgy tax advisers and avoidance schemes is its key measure for contractors. An extra £1billion by HMRC tackling tax evasion was also announced today, ...

Ahead of today’s Spring Statement 2025, there seems to be a slight confusion between the umbrella company regulation and the policy of ‘deemed employment’. These are two separate government ...

A group set up to lobby against the 2019 Loan Charge has become so overrun with stopping affected people from taking their own lives that it is urging HMRC to open a suicide helpline. The Loan Charge ...

An IT consultancy’s countdown to the GDPR early this month seems to have shaken many – but not all – smaller businesses into GDPR-related action. In a speech on the May 2018 framework, Information ...

A raft of new tax measures designed to raise £1.2billion by clamping down on evasion and avoidance has been flagged up by a freelance trade group. Included in Finance Act 2018, the measures relate to ...

What a difference a day makes. On Monday, it was merely hoped that contractors would respond to the ‘SDC’ consultation. Yesterday, after we alerted them, contractors were clamouring to respond to the ...