ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 31/July/2015
News this week covers: record contractor confidence levels; increased financial contracting vacancies; CBI Trends Survey; and tax credits deadline.
Contractors seeking mortgages must act before interest rate rises, warns expert
Contractors looking for mortgages or to remortgage need to take action now even if rate rises are not anticipated until 2016.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/July/2015
News this week covers: contractors consulted over IR35; OTS Employment Status Report; skills shortages worsen; and financial contractor prospects.
Chancellor George Osborne’s income tax and NI merger plans will not affect dividends
Osborne’s income tax and National Insurance Contributions (NICs) merger plans won’t impact on dividends, confirms Office of Tax Simplification.
Contract opportunities grow in core contracting disciplines as skills shortages worsen
Contractors in core contracting disciplines such as IT, engineering & construction enjoy increased contract opportunities caused by skills shortages.
Contractor availability in Scotland declines sharply, worsening skills shortages
Contracting opportunities in Scotland continue to outgrow candidate availability, worsening already acute skills shortages across the country.
IR35 Intermediaries Legislation discussion document shows the taxman is out of ideas
IR35 stakeholders including contractors and clients have been asked for ideas about how to better enforce IR35, showing the taxman is out of ideas.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 17/Jul/2015
News this week covers: Contractor demand to be sustained; tailored training for contractors; and numbers of self-employed contractors fall.
Contractor demand sustained long-term, as skills shortages linked to education
Contractors could be set to cash in for the long-term as a CBI report traces current skills shortages back to higher education and apprenticeships.
Family businesses hit hardest by new Dividend Tax change
Husband and wife/civil partnerships are to be hardest hit by Dividend Tax change introduced in the Summer Budget resulting in higher tax bills.
Contractors to gain access to tailored training and education through IPSE
Contracting will have access to dedicated training and education resources, explains IPSE’s new education and training manager Lydia Wakefield.
Dividend Tax rules change 2016 – new calculator published
Contractors and business owners can calculate the impact of the new Dividend Tax rules change introduced by the Chancellor in the Summer Budget 2015.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 10/Jul/2015
News this week covers: Summer Budget attacks contractors; pensions advice; skills shortages increase; and growth in contractor recruitment sector.
Contractor dividends, expenses and IR35 targeted by Chancellor’s Summer Budget
Contractor dividends, expenses, IR35 and buy-to-let mortgage tax relief have been targeted by Chancellor George Osborne in his Summer Budget 2015.
Contractors & small business owners to pay 7.5% more tax on dividends from April 2016
Contractors and small business owners to pay extra 7.5% tax following dividend tax reforms, works out at £2,400 more a year for basic rate payers.
IR35 “effectiveness” review by HMRC announced by Chancellor in Summer Budget
IR35 is to be reviewed by HMRC and measures introduced to improve its effectiveness, announces the Chancellor in the Summer Budget.
Contractors benefit as skill shortages persist in core sectors, such as engineering
Engineering contractors and contingent workers in all core disciplines have everything to gain as fears over talent shortages reach critical mass.
ContractorCalculator Market Report July 2015
Contractors are enjoying a contract rich market, as contractor demand continues to outweigh availability, driven by rising client skills shortages.
Contractors taking pension cash risk poverty in retirement and should seek advice
Contractors accessing cash via pension reforms may threaten their retirement income & should take advice first, says Contractor Wealth’s Angela James.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 3/July/2015
News this week covers: financial & professional services growth; Europe recovers; online visibility needed; contracting recognised & new trade body.
Contractor challenges to be focus of new government review, announces Prime Minister
Contracting’s benefits and challenges will be the focus of an independent review by entrepreneur Julie Deane, announces Prime Minister David Cameron.
Contractors to gain greater representation through new service providers’ body, PRISM
Contractors to gain greater recognition through new trade association PRISM that will promote the sector and lobby for contracting services providers.
IR35 is highly complex and expensive for contractors: that’s official, says the OTS
IR35 is one of the most complex taxes for small firms and is expensive to implement, shows the Office of Tax Simplification’s tax complexity index.
Contracting offers challenges that employment can’t, highlights senior HR interim
Contracting can offer professional challenges and opportunities that employment can’t, believes interim human resources and change expert Abi Brewin.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 26/June/2015
News this week covers: MP to simplify IR35; strategic skills needed; buy-to-let is worth it; Singapore opportunities; & Irish drilling set to start.
Contractors increasingly targeted by clients keen to access their strategic skills
Contractors are being targeted by clients who are throwing resources, including higher pay, at attracting workers with key strategic skills.
Self-employment ambassador promises to tackle ‘unnecessarily complicated’ IR35
Contractor and self-employment ambassador David Morris MP announces his intention to tackle IR35 as part of his continuing role representing freelancers.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 19/June/2015
News this week covers: contractors vital to UK economy; post-election boom; Irish job market up 40%; and big banks lose out to fintech and start-ups.
Contractors a driver of the UK’s economy and vital part of the workforce, says RSA
Contractors were fundamental to the economic recovery post-2008 and are now an essential part of a successful UK economy, shows a new RSA report.
Contract market in Scotland at two speeds, as oil and gas lags finance and gaming
Scotland’s contract market is diverging into two speeds, with the oil and gas sector increasingly lagging behind financial services and video gaming.
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