Where contractors in IT and other key sectors of the UK economy will want to be on the lookout in the year ahead.

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 ...

Aside to much poorer payment terms, public sector contractors under the Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) Framework are also now carrying a significant increase in commercial-business risk, writes an ...

Before IT contractors can explore the depreciation period and rate for their staple items – business laptops and computers, let’s start with some fundamentals like what is depreciation and who decides ...

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 ...

It’s been mentioned twice recently on ContractorUK, firstly by an umbrella company and then by an overseas working adviser and perhaps it does bear repeating, because the application of the IR35 rules ...

When a limited company’s directors declare a dividend, two documents must be produced – board meeting minutes and a dividend voucher for each shareholder, writes Zeeshan Anwar, head of compliance at ...

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 ...

As a contractor running your own limited company, there are two types of re-imbursed expenses, writes Graham Jenner of contractor accountancy firm Jenner & Co. 1. Expenses that an end-client or agency ...

The area of ‘control’ has been a mainstay of determining employment status for decades and constitutes a key part of the decision-making process when deciding a worker’s IR35 position. HMRC has ...

It’s human nature to feel under the weather from time-to-time, and you may find that as a result you’re unable to work. So when you’re contracting through your own limited company, where do you stand ...