A leaked memo from the deputy PM to the chancellor asks for a £5,000+ cut to limited company contractor take-home pay.

This government (like the last) cannot settle on the self-employed, subjecting them to a never-ending, legislative merry-go-round.

Five fallouts face contractors from April 2026 thanks to HMRC’s plan to process tax via the agency PAYE reference number.

There’s a new witty banner on LinkedIn. But it doesn’t filter to agencies, nor does it give the outside IR35 points you probably want.

For all the uncertainty created by facing a Budget when a ‘discussion document’ on IR35 is unanswered by the government, and overdue for that answer, there is one IR35 issue that contractors can rely ...

What will your end-clients identify as? That is the question an HMRC update sets up as significant for April 6th 2027.

We’re still only in single figures with how many days I’ve been back in the office since the extended festive holiday. But I’ve already lost count of how many times I’ve had to steer IT contractors ...

You don’t have to be one of the “UK individuals” to have their name contained in materials seized last week by the taxman to be thinking about recourse if you’ve used an offshore trust, writes Darren ...

He’s ‘not self-employed’ therefore he must be ‘a worker,’ said the Court of Appeal in the recent Pimlico Plumbers case., writes Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed. In reaching this decision ...

ContractorUK’s IT Contract Jobs Search brings you thousands of contracts from the biggest IT job sites. Are you looking for a new contract job? Use the job search below to find a new contract. There ...

Accreditation body welcomes Lord Holmes’ clause to subject every ‘employment business participating in employment arrangements’ to a ‘licensing authority.’ ...

Hear the words ‘quarterly accounting’ and contractors’ eyes might glaze over to the thought that it’s definitely nothing to do with them, and everything to do with accountants. While half of that’s ...