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 ...

Avoiding running off agency PAYE reference numbers is how the government can avoid destabilising the UK’s entire temporary labour market.

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, ...

The bottom line is this -- umbrella regulation and the deemed employer proposal are not the same. They serve different purposes, are being developed by different departments, and will be enacted ...