Dave Chaplin

CEO
ContractorCalculator

Dave Chaplin is a former IT contractor in the City of London, and is founder and CEO of ContractorCalculator, and author of the Contractors' Handbook.

Started in 1999, ContractorCalculator (this site) is the leading independent website for the UK contracting industry – most of whom are highly skilled knowledge workers.

Dave Chaplin has lived and breathed contracting since he first took the plunge and became ‘one of the chosen’ in 1997. He spent seven years working as an IT contractor in the City of London on critical, cutting-edge IT infrastructure and development projects for global players like HSBC, Merrill Lynch, Cable and Wireless, and many others.

Recent Contributions

HMRC’s new IR35-related business entity tests, scenarios & guidance finally launchedWed, 09 May 2012

ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/April/2012Fri, 20 Apr 2012

ContractorCalculator sees 20% rise to 156,346 unique visitors, shows latest ABC auditTue, 17 Apr 2012

HMRC’s business entity tests for contractors may already be unravellingWed, 04 Apr 2012

Breaking news: 10,000 HMRC inspectors being hired to target ‘disguised businesses’Sun, 01 Apr 2012

ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 16/Mar/2012Fri, 16 Mar 2012

Limited company contractor witch-hunt threatens local authority brain drainTue, 13 Mar 2012

ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 09/Mar/2012Fri, 09 Mar 2012

ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 02/Mar/2012Fri, 02 Mar 2012

Can the public sector bear the cost of abolishing limited company contractors?Thu, 01 Mar 2012

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Latest Site Updates

Does HMRC even know where its ‘better administration of IR35’ target is?

If contractors agree to trial HMRC’s new IR35 framework for 12 months, how are we going to measure if ‘better administration’ has been achieved?

ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 18/May/2012

News this week includes the latest IR35 insights; P35 advice; contractor demand data; partial financial sector recovery; & HMRC service improvements.

P35 guidance: unsure contractors should answer ‘no’ to service co question, says HMRC

Contractors are not legally obliged to answer the P35 question 6, ‘Are you a Service Company?’, and if they’re unsure should answer ‘no’.

No certainty from HMRC’s new IR35 framework, but the policy debate must be sustained

No certainty for limited company contractors yet, but the policy debate is far from over, say OTS Tax Director John Whiting and PCG’s Simon McVicker.

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Does HMRC even know where its ‘better administration of IR35’ target is? http://t.co/L3MuqlFz
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IT leads surge in Scottish contract recruitment : Bank of Scotland Report on Jobs http://t.co/QIrLKFGb
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How might government's 'secret plan' to link civil service earnings to location affect public sector contractor rates? http://t.co/fJClb0HG
Sun, 20 May 2012
IT contractors have a key enabling role to play in the UK retail sector's 'third revolution' http://t.co/zjx00EfY via @MT_editorial
Fri, 18 May 2012
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief - 18/May/2012 http://t.co/SDkQNjdZ
Fri, 18 May 2012
Uncertainty over Scottish independence 'harmful to Scotland plc' impacting on oil & gas decisions http://t.co/ZKo2jCsQ via @scotsmannews
Fri, 18 May 2012