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Dear Contractor,
Welcome to the January 2008 edition of our Contractor NewsCast. A busy end to 2007 saw the Government protect contractors by fighting off the European Agency Workers Directive which would enforce employment rights for contractors. But they also announce new taxes for contractors who share dividends with their partners – the Income Shifting Legislation – due to go live in April 2008. Still, demand for contractors in 2008 is expected to remain steady. |
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Agency Workers Directive - Government Postpones Inevitable for Contractors
The Government has won a delay on the passage of the Agency Workers Directive, but there is no sign that it will be able to block it again next year. |
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Contractors Must Decide What Their Spouses Are Worth in Income Shifting Proposal
The Government has published its consultation document on income shifting, and it's not pretty. |
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Contractors See Change of Courts Position on Employee Rights
An interview with Adrian Marlowe, managing director of recruitment industry specialist legal consultancy Lawspeed, on what is changing in the courts about employee rights. |
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Do You Want Employment Rights?
The European Commission wants to force us all to have employment rights, and the unions are trying to use the proposal to destroy the contracting industry. But do we want these rights? |
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 Contractors Can Win Public Sector Contracts |
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The Public Contracts Regulations 2006 came into effect this year, and they make it much easier for contractors to win tenders from government agencies and organisations. |
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 Income Shifting Proposals |
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The Treasury wants to put an end to income shifting, but contractors who share dividends with their spouses may be able to take concrete action to help ease the pain. |
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 Does Length or Number of Contracts Affect IR35? |
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Does how long you work at a place, or the fact that you have several different contracts affect your IR35 status? |
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 Contractor Calculator Market Report - Jan 2008 |
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Demand for contractors fell in December following the usual seasonal pattern. Hi-tech contractors should expect demand in the coming year to be increasingly skills-based. |
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