Far from ‘crossing their fingers,’ big users of brolly contractors are following a five-fold playbook to mitigate HMRC risk.

With the era of Electric Vehicles as obvious tax wins drawing to a close, PSC contractors should refrain from locking ...

Two cases brought by HMRC are now distinctly different, yet ‘judgement day’ for Churchill Knight and Boox contractors alike ...

While horizontal equity concerns linger (and may even warrant another government review), an extraordinary solution is now in the offing for loan charge contractors.

Advisers warn it’s still contractors who’ll carry the can, even if it is a ‘cat and mouse game between HMRC and promoters.’ ...

While Budget 2025 announcements affecting contractors are numerous, this one is significant because it represents an about-turn. Specifically, the Reeves clampdown on " rogue directors " (as the boss ...

The strange, yet paradoxically not odd case of the folded umbrella, which looks both different and the same through a JSL ...

One of the biggest financial benefits of limited company IT contracting is being able to claim business expenses. But unless you're an accountant, the HMRC rules around business expenses can be ...

HMRC’s ‘retrospective due diligence’ -- revisiting MSC determinations mid-appeal to request the actual income data -- is unprecedented. So too will be the FTT’s decision in just six months.

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 contractor community. REC shows IT contractor demand slightly dipped in ...

A ‘hollowing out’ of the PM's digital identity policy is welcome — less so the future loss of the right to choose on Right To ...

Giant Group has admitted its computer systems which pay thousands of umbrella company contractors each week have been hacked. The group’s Giant Pay told contractors on September 22nd that all its ...