The hopes last October when the government announced that there would be another loan charge review were high, following the promise made by Rachel Reeves when in opposition. However, the hopes were ...

Complete 2025 guide for contractors working abroad. From visas to tax compliance and country-specific requirements.

Complete 2025 guide for contractors working through umbrella companies. From costs to compliance, everything you need to know.

Not seeking a repeal of the OPW rules is a wasted opportunity. And since 2017, the UK has known plenty about ‘wasted opportunity’ — by leaving its contractor workforce shackled.

Where Rachel Reeves can prove next month that the government finally understands what the UK’s flexible workforce needs to thrive.

We might have an autumn budget looming before we even get to 2025-26, but the recruitment and contractor services industry has been subject to continuous regulation for several decades. It is ...

Headlines and LinkedIn posts asserting "HMRC lands £1million penalty against a contractor umbrella company" are right to turn heads. But when is a penalty not truly a penalty? Well, in the eyes of ...

For contractors to assess themselves under the IR35 legislation, it is necessary to subdivide the key IR35 status factor of 'Control' into the 'when', the 'what', the 'where' and the 'how,' of ...

The hardest IR35 factor to consider/argue? The biggest IR35 headache for contractors? On both fronts, it's MOO. Mutuality Of Obligations ('MOO' or even sometimes 'MoO') can sometimes be referred to as ...

IR35 substitution is often labelled as a key test for employment status determination, though the IR35 legislation actually tests not whether an individual contractor can send a substitute, but rather ...

Not before time according to some, ministers have confirmed that the UK government will publish a consultation on simplifying the employment status framework by the end of 2025. Depending on where ...

It very likely wasn’t her rumoured July 14th cuts to the cash ISA allowance that brought her to tears at a recent Prime Minister’s Questions, writes Angela James, founder of Yolo Wealth. But ...