A behind-closed-doors session for the Conservatives to work out their IR35 position posed four big questions to contractors’ ...

As the government continues to flatter IR35, the data needed to truly gauge the full, detrimental impact of the HMRC rules is ...

The taxman has 14 million reasons to feel like he’s come out on top, even if it is wooden dollars which changed hands four ...

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished ...

Beware, because a last-ditch push from disguised remuneration schemes looking to cash-in before April 2026’s closing date is ...

Self-employment isn’t a tax dodge — it’s a benefits gap. Fixing it with ‘parity’ would cost the Treasury more than it’d raise ...

A few good reasons why the ‘token gesture’ should avoid the axe probably need offsetting against alignment and adjustment ...

An unpacking of the Court of Appeal upholding HMRC’s consecutive wins over a ‘careless’ umbrella, thrice ruled to have wrongly reimbursed contractor travel expenses.

More updates than new entries on HMRC’s list is actually a good thing, not that the named necessarily feel shamed, say top tax advisers.

Quick Tip: If an insolvency adviser promises a "No questions asked" escape from company liabilities — if it's not the law of the land, it's probably not legal. While an easy lure, such false promises ...

A soon-to-be published review of settlement terms will reveal HM Treasury still deciding the fate of loan charge contractors, as even its ex-HMRC author says he won’t have ‘first voice.’ ...

Looking ahead to 2026, freelance IT contractors who invest in recognised certifications and build cross-sector experience will be best-positioned to command premium pay rates. In a landscape defined ...