Amid practical unknowns and the risk of unintended consequences, the government would do well to remember it already has a ...

Modernising the Agency Work Regulatory Framework,’ marks a HUGE step towards ending the ‘grey area’ for contractors.

An unconventional framing of why the taxman has chosen to put agencies and end-clients on the hook is a new webinar’s most ...

More than 30 proposed changes to the Conduct Regulations are set to ‘reshape how the temporary labour market is regulated.’ ...

High-net-worth types eyeing their first buy-to-let have an open door. But nervous of ‘non-standard income’ where a broker isn ...

A new technical note shows the taxman taking with one hand and giving with the other. He must be persuaded (or instructed) to ditch his balance sheet-led approach.

REC finds IT contractor demand inched downwards in January, but Reed tells ContractorUK it isn’t stalling, is consistent, and still offers premiums.

Since few contractors can now say ‘Not me, guv,’ the IR35-hit and other PSCs must use the government’s own free tool to ...

HMRC will unveil ‘CEST 2.0’, a new and hopefully improved version of its IR35 status-testing tool, later today, ContractorUK understands. An update to Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) made 40 ...

"The withdrawal of an Employment Rights Bill amendment isn't the last contractors will hear of umbrella company licensing authority and umbrella company regulation. Not if we have anything to do with ...

Defra has had to pay HMRC an additional £23.3million for getting IR35 wrong, taking its total liability for off-payroll errors to a swingeing £86.5million. The Department for Environment, Food and ...

The test case for the Boox contractor and separate test case for Churchill Knight contractors could potentially be scheduled for the end of this year. Almost three years ago, HMRC sent out several ...