What is a contractor?
A contractor is a highly skilled contingent worker providing knowledge-based services direct to clients or via agencies on a project by project basis.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 12/Dec/2014
News this week covers: OTS recommendations; umbrella consultation; contractor demand; HMRC VAT campaign; oil & gas skills; & HMRC targets solicitors.
Contractors to benefit from government response to latest OTS proposals
Contractors will benefit as the government responds to the Office of Tax Simplification’s recommendations that include merging income tax and NICs.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 5/Dec/2014
News this week covers: Autumn Statement; OTS employment review; skills shortages; PMIs; South Africa contract growth; and new HMRC avoidance guidance.
How the Autumn Statement 2014 will affect contractors: umbrellas and tax avoidance
The key contracting issues in the Autumn Statement 2014 are the umbrella company consultation, a focus on tax avoidance & structural self-employment.
Contractors to enjoy tax, pensions and savings benefits from Autumn Statement 2014
Contractors should directly benefit from a range of measures announced in the Autumn Statement 2014, but tax avoidance schemes stay in the spotlight.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 28/Nov/2014
News this week covers: unions attack umbrellas; Autumn Statement; IPSE late payment policy; tax tribunal cases at record high; & FinTech brain drain.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Nov/2014
News this week covers: New contracting tsar at NFD; skills shortages; Scottish contracts; shale gas; record IT worker numbers; and HMRC’s performance.
National Freelancers Day 2014: contracting tsar hints at plans to benefit contractors
National Freelancers Day 2014 was the “best yet” & featured hints about plans being shaped before the election by new contracting tsar, David Morris.
National Freelancers Day 2014 is being celebrated today - #NFD2014
Contractors get to celebrate contracting as the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed hosts another National Freelancers Day.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Nov/2014
News this week covers: IR35 white paper; skills shortages; finance sector recovery; self-employment falls; big data growth; and IT rate increases.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 7/Nov/2014
News this week covers: holiday pay ruling; NFD support; tax avoidance warning; IPSE contract reviews; APSCo research; and contractor hiring sustained.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 31/Oct/2014
News this week covers: BETs abolished; BBC test judicial review; late payment; high paying contracts; paper tax return deadline; & simpler CT filing.
Self-Employed BBC staff forced to pay tax as employees due to flawed employment test
Self-employed contractors are being forced onto the BBC’s payroll because its employment test is deeply flawed, says David Kirk & Co’s David Kirk.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/Oct/2014
News this week covers: skills shortages; HMRC targets construction; AWR ruling; new KPMG accounting service; and HMRC’s Accelerated Payment notices.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 17/Oct/2014
News this week covers: OTS tax competitiveness; self-employment; Irish contractor demand; CIOT warning over tax powers; and paper tax return deadline.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 9/Oct/2014
News this week covers: IR35 Forum; City hiring; contractor demand; IPSE petition; 15 for 2015 finalists; Parasol lobbies Labour; & HMRC scare tactics.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief –3/Oct/2014
News this week covers: oil and gas skills shortages; ‘death tax’ abolished; IPSE’s NFD; increased client spend; and HMRC promises online tax accounts.
Oil and gas contractors can help meet acute onshore skills shortages in key roles
Oil and gas contractors are well positioned to ease the acute shortages of key onshore skills identified by the latest Oil & Gas UK Economic Report.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 26/Sept/2014
News this week covers: abolish BETs; overpaying tax & IR35 risk; devolved UK tax; Labour Party Conference; oil & gas prospects; and new EU VAT rules.
Contractors gain some certainty as the Scottish referendum rejects independence
Contractors will gain some certainty following Scotland’s decision to stay in the UK, however further devolution of powers such as tax is anticipated.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 19/Sept/2014
News this week covers: Scotland’s contract market; financial sector hours; self-employment increase; IPSE survey; HMRC targets; and new FCSA member.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 12/Sept/2014
News this week covers: IPSE manifesto; contractor and interim demand; HMRC targets landlords; oil & gas prospects; German contracting; and RTI fines.
Contractors should be working in a ‘microbusiness utopia’, proposes IPSE’s manifesto
Contractors should benefit from utopian measures such as their own minister, tax reform and new IR35-exempt trading structures, says IPSE’s manifesto.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 05/Sept/2014
News this week covers: PCG becomes IPSE; oil & gas prospects; latest WEF report; local authority contracts; IT recruitment growth; & Autumn Statement.
Contractors to benefit from a “louder, stronger voice” as PCG rebrands to IPSE
Contractors will be “impossible to ignore” with a “louder…voice”, as PCG rebrands to the Association of Independent Professionals and Self-Employed.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 29/Aug/2014
News this week covers: economic growth generates contracts; Scotland’s tax laws; construction skills shortages; ISO9001 survey; & HMRC payroll fines.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Aug/2014
News this week covers: contractor demand in Scotland; skills development; self-employment high; African oil & gas contracts; EBTs; and tax credits.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 15/Aug/2014
News this week covers: contractor demand soars; self-employment growth; public sector contractors; IHT payouts pre-death; OTS; & construction growth.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 8/Aug/2014
News this week covers: Oziegbe ruling; IHT changes; expenses review; contract growth; DOTAS to expand; oil & gas confidence; and new FinTech measures.
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