ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Mar/2014
News this week covers: Barclays rate cut; off-payroll review; call to delay false self-employment; boost to contractor prospects; and FCSA update.
IT contractor exodus from Barclays begins, as double-digit rate cut is threatened
Contractors are abandoning Barclays following its decision to impose a double-digit rate cut on its IT contracting workforce.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 7/Mar/2014
News this week covers: EFIP European manifesto launch; contractor hiring; Budget tax cuts; RTI working despite errors; and avoidance scheme warning.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 28/Feb/2014
News this week covers: contractor hiring; North Sea growth; ‘Freelancers Movement’; finance interim pay; and HMRC campaign targets offshore assets.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Feb/2014
News this week covers: IT skills in demand; oil and gas salaries; Scotland’s contractor demand; clarity over Scotland’s future; and HMRC R&D seminars.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Feb/2014
News this week covers: urgent Irish IT demand; online accountancy; HMRC dividend waiver win; Scottish referendum; and hiring prospects strengthen.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 07/Feb/2014
News this week covers: Poor IR35 ROI; PSCs not False Self-Employment target; contractor demand soars; and interims thrive in UK and mainland Europe.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 31/Jan/2014
News this week covers: Lords’ PSC inquiry; MP slams tax-avoidance arms race; tech growth; BBC off-payroll moves; and more firms challenge HMRC.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/Jan/2014
News this week covers: False Self-Employment update; financial IT recovery; UK tax system unfit; lifestyle survey; and HMRC to hire IT contractors?
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 16/Jan/2014
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry hots up; marketing plus oil and gas updates; and HMRC branded “whale surviving on tiny plankton”.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 10/Jan/2014
News this week covers: further Lords inquiry evidence; increased contractor hiring; contractor exports; Miliband AWR pledge; and PCG Moneybox event.
Contracting in 2014: experts predict what’s in store for contractors in the New Year
Contractors can look forward to a busy 2014 energised by shale gas, with skills shortages boosting demand and rates but IR35 and new legislation loom.
Contracting in 2013: IR35, PSC inquiry, false self-employment and economic recovery
Contracting in 2013 was a year dominated by IR35, green shoots of recovery and two late surprises: the Lords PSC inquiry and false self-employment.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/Dec/2013
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry; contractor demand updates; surge in self-employment; shale gas; PCG airport capacity call; & PAC slams HMRC.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 12/Dec/2013
News this week covers: false self-employment; IR35 statistics; contract market strengthens; HMRC tax avoidance tribunal win; & HMRC RTI rules relaxed.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 6/Dec/2013
News this week covers: Autumn Statement; Lords inquiry; Small Business Saturday; infrastructure plan; MSBs; second homes; and HMRC uses Street View.
Autumn Statement: Osborne gets tougher on tax avoidance – contractors to be targeted?
Limited company contractors could be in line for more ‘compliance activity’ by HMRC, following Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 Autumn Statement.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 29/Nov/2013
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry; oil and gas report; NFD; PCG/EFIP report; lifestyle not pay; tax avoidance schemes; & HMRC SA to go digital.
Contractors celebrate National Freelancers Day – the “best one so far”
Contractors celebrated National Freelancers Day across the country on 21 November 2013, with the event being described as the “best one so far”.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 22/Nov/2013
News this week covers: Lords look into contracting & IR35; PM on contractors; social media matters; contractor demand rises; and new HMRC taskforce.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 15/Nov/2013
News this week covers: IR35 data imminent; PCG’s NFD endorsements; New PCG CEO; contract vacancy growth at record high; SME demand; & HMRC webinars.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 08/Nov/2013
News this week covers: iPros report; Reed Job Index; information economy growth; PCG podcasts; HMRC denies FOI request; and Cayman Island tax deal.
Contractor, or ‘iPro’, growth confirms ‘working for clients’ is the new ‘having a job’
The growth of independent professionals – iPros – such as contractors, highlights changes in the way work performed, says new PCG and EFIP research.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 1/Nov/2013
News this week covers: contractor demand; BBC threatens contractors; late payment hotline; cyber security; 500k new IT roles; & HMRC coding errors.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 25/Oct/2013
News this week covers: polarising contractor demand in Scotland; self-employment rising; tech hotspots; marketing spend increase; and HMRC amends BRC.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 18/Oct/2013
News this week covers: new offshore rules; IR35 Forum; financial IT prospects; Paymaster umbrella ruling; self-employment; & PCG off-payroll briefing.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 10/Oct/2013
News this week covers: Strictly contracting; contractor demand; finance sector grows; 95% mortgages; WEF report; mobile skills; & new HMRC campaign.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 4/Oct/2013
News this week covers: contractor vacancies; PCG at Tory conference; economic recovery; skills shortages; ad spend increase; and HMRC complaints rise.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 27/Sept/2013
News this week covers: interim demand; PCG at the Labour Party conference; CIS rebate delays; HMRC investigations; APSCo index; & VAT disputes.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/Sept/2013
News this week covers: off-payroll rules; PCG & Lib Dems; partnerships crackdown; cloud skills gaps; new FCSA member; last chance for HMRC RTI survey.
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