Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs is poised to put new self-employment restrictions in place, creating a furore in the umbrella company contractor community.
Self-employment restrictions to deter new contractors? » Read the full story
Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs has positively plundered the construction contractor industry this year with a record £122 million in collected extra tax.
HMRC raids construction contractors for record £122 million » Read the full story
Whether you’re a freelancer or an umbrella company contractor it’s in your best interest to support Small Business Saturday, says one major industry body.
PCG calls for contractors to support Small Business Saturday » Read the full story
If you feel as a contractor there’s no one speaking for you, that could change soon thanks to the efforts of two industry trade bodies.
Industry trade bodies draw political attention to contractors » Read the full story
It hasn’t been long since the new umbrella contractor trade industry body known as All Umbrella Companies Are Equal has launched, but i’s making serious waves.
New Best Practice Charter gains traction among umbrella firms » Read the full story
HMRC took on more cases, made more arrests and won more criminal convictions in 2012 than in 2011. With a £900m cash injection, those figures will only rise.
HMRC get tough on tax fraud; umbrellas offer contractors safe haven » Read the full story
A new good practice charter for umbrella companies has been making the rounds recently in the hopes it will help protect workers’ relationships with clients.
New good practice charter being touted to umbrella companies » Read the full story
The taxman is still struggling to determine what constitutes adequate paperwork for a business or self-employed individual to comply with the Business Records Checks programme.
Taxman to make pre-screening business record checks by phone » Read the full story
Small business owners and self-employed individuals are increasingly turning to apps when they want accountancy and tax advice.
Do contractors turn to their iPad for tax advice? » Read the full story
Within hours on HMRC publishing its IR35 guidance, members of the IR35 Forum issued a statement saying the document did not take key elements of their advice into consideration.
IR35 Forum members are disappointed with HMRC » Read the full story
The long awaited IR35 guidance was published on Wednesday. The guidance will enable contractors to determine if their contract is disguised employment or if they really are in business in their own right.
HMRC publishes IR35 Business Entity Tests » Read the full story
Contractors working through limited companies might be tempted to switch to umbrella companies once the full extent of the Revenue’s IR35 assessment criteria becomes known next week.
Will it be bonanza time for umbrella companies next week? » Read the full story
IT contractors should be aware that HMRC will track down anybody it believes could be guilty of tax evasion as a Scottish consultant found to his cost recently.
HMRC prosecutes tax evading IT contractor » Read the full story
Contractors with young families may be aware that HMRC has overhauled the tax credit scheme.
Do umbrella company contractors know the changes to Child Tax Credits? » Read the full story
Umbrella company contractors are no doubt waiting to find out what the government intends to do about IR35.
Six IR35 scenarios to be published on HMRC website » Read the full story
It’s Budget Day tomorrow; the weeks of speculation will be over and UK taxpayers, including umbrella company contractors, will discover what is in store for them over the next 12 months.
Are umbrella company contractors waiting with bated breath for the Budget? » Read the full story
