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Contractors should tread cautiously with their providers
Are scheme providers clear about the new Managed Services Company (MSC) legislation and what it means for their customers?
�ngements and are going back to taking the risk on IR35 ,” he says. Presumably people are backing out of�
Category: News | Tue, 10 Apr 2007

Contracting sector joins forces to defend contractors in treasury consultation
At a meeting hosted by Lawspeed, with the ContractorCalculator team in attendance, companies that support contractors agreed to offer a combined response to the Treasury’s consultation on umbrella company travel expenses.
�ery year, contractors might take risks with their IR35 status to save money. Compliant umbrella companie�
Category: News | Fri, 01 Aug 2008

IR35, tax avoidance and Ed Lester: a potent mix threatening contractors’ livelihoods
Contractors are right to be worried by interim management contractor Ed Lester’s trial by media, because an unjustified backlash might be the result.
�ster’s arrangement ‘looks just like’ he is inside IR35 BBC News claimed that Lester’s pay was “channelle�
Category: News | Fri, 03 Feb 2012

Contractor interview: enjoying business and lifestyle change
Contractor Craig Rider has successfully made the transition from single client agency work to multiple client small business. Yes, Craig is making a bit more money now, but the real advantage is a flexible lifestyle.
�ourself as clearly different as possible to avoid IR35 .'' [Ed: See our recent feature ' Contractors ust�
Category: News | Thu, 29 Nov 2007

“Dangerous” false self-employment proposals: PCG seeks clarity for contractors
PCG is “very concerned” about proposed false self-employment legislation, and is seeking clarity from HMRC, says PCG’s Andy Chamberlain.
�are engaging with fellow non-HMRC members of the IR35 Forum to understand their position.” We interpret�
Category: News | Tue, 17 Dec 2013

Off-payroll damage continues: costs spiral to replace contractors and apply rules
EXCLUSIVE: The off-payroll rules are backfiring further, as the taxpayer faces mounting costs of implementation and replacing terminated contractors.
�ustice (MoJ), have gone as far to build their own IR35 assessment software, also at the taxpayer’s expen�
Category: News | Wed, 09 Oct 2013

Contractor Interview: Networking, hot skills & a strong CV keep contracts coming
Financial IT veteran Peter Pilgrim minimises time spent ‘on the bench’ through networking hard, keeping his skills current and having a ‘killer CV’.
�He has always traded via an umbrella company, so IR35 has never been an issue for him, but Pilgrim admi�
Category: News | Mon, 29 Jul 2013

Successful contracting requires mindset change, believes business analyst contractor
Successful contractors must develop a contracting mindset that is distinct from that of a permie, says financial IT business analyst Eleanor Miller.
�project, and you simply have to manage them too.” IR35 is always an issue but so far it has never been a�
Category: News | Thu, 27 Nov 2014

Please Boris, don’t torch the UK’s flexible workforce
PM Boris Johnson stands of the verge of torching the UK’s flexible workforce, causing irreversible damage to business and the economy in the process.
�ity alone increases the cost of hiring an ‘inside IR35’ contractor by 14.3%. Even more so when you bear�
Category: News | Mon, 24 Feb 2020

IR35: summary of responses to Off-Payroll private sector consultation – June 2019
Feedback to HMRC’s latest Off-Payroll consultation has exposed several fundamental flaws in the taxman’s proposals, resulting in staunch opposition.
�” Once again, stakeholders urged HMRC to consider IR35 holistically by granting employment rights to ‘de�
Category: News | Mon, 17 Jun 2019