Recruiters (or the end client, should there be no staffing business in the chain) will be on the radar of HMRC if there are more significant issues, such as those related to ongoing contractual ...

A rethink by end-hirers on how to structure and allocate resources bodes well for IT contractors, says staffing giant Robert Half.

The IT contractor jobs market climbs to an 18-month high, thanks to heftier employment costs and projects getting ‘cautious green lights.’ ...

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 ...

What steps umbrella employees should take to prepare for the new ‘JSL’ legislation (includes some urgent actions if you’re using a tax avoidance scheme).

Last month’s announcement by Theresa May that a general election is to be held on June 8th could be the starting gun for some much-needed clarity on what the UK’s future relationship with the EU will ...

At that meeting, HMRC announced that the direction of travel for the tax compliance policy is going to be “Joint and Several ...

Umbrellas get to retain their ERN and continue PAYE operations, while recruiters still ‘bear the brunt,’ under an updated version of HMRC’s incoming legislation.

A lawyer claims there is a way for a 'beneficial owner' of a business to head off the “unwanted scrutiny” that the government’s central register of companies might bring them.. James Austen of legal ...

Contractors under client supervision, direction and control are the freelance labour market’s biggest losers of Budget 2015, as reported yesterday and today, as they will lose tax relief on travel and ...

Chancellor refrains from a £5k dividend raid (for now), saying there won’t be a rerun of last autumn’s bruising.

Replacing like-for-like would be lamentable, even if BritCard is apparently going to be free and seamless technology.