A new First-tier Tribunal ruling involving an IT consultant is a valuable reminder for IT contractors that tax obligations to HMRC demand attention to detail, particularly in the realm of self-assessment, says Bhavina Carsane at Chartergates here: buff.ly/4aZ6qqY

#tax

Hiring fraud is becoming endemic, triggering toolkits, red-flag systems, and digital defences to keep contractors and other job-seekers safe. Keith Rosser at Reed Screening discusses here: buff.ly/3Q67Wj9

#contractor #whatsapp #scam

Kieran Firmstone at Qdos Contractor reveals the must-dos for contractors when a tax inspector calls under the Intermediaries legislation. Read here: buff.ly/3xNIxEo

#ir35 #contractor #hmrc

An IT consultant who won on IR35 back in 2019 is told the judge got it wrong, meaning an HMRC bill of £240,000 is still ‘hanging over’ him. Read here: buff.ly/49xKwtS

Seb Maley, Carolyn Walsh, and Rebecca Seeley Harris comment.

#ir35 #itcontractor #hmrc

John Yerou at FreelancerFinancials reveals the key buy-to-let query contractors eyeing an investment property are understandably asking right about now. Read here: buff.ly/3Q4816P

#limitedcompany #property #landlord

IR35 contractual best-practice looks like this…(but just make sure to show your client/hirer too). Adrian Marlowe at Lawspeed discusses here: buff.ly/3U00GGF

#ir35reform #contract #outsideir35

All of the latest updates on average rates for popular IT contracting skills and contractor demands reports can be found along with any emerging IT contractor skills. Read here: buff.ly/3ZdA8n8

#itskills #dayrate #itcontractor

Whether it’s state or personal, a pensions withdrawal strategy is to be worked up while you’re still in contract work. Hrishi Kulkarni at my_iSIPP discusses here: buff.ly/3UdXzMD

#pension #contractor #money

Trusted company closure experts SFP Group walk ContractorUK readers through six key stages of a Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation (CVL). Read here: buff.ly/3U9cRCh

#cvl #liquidation #contractor

Money matters, but it’s not just costs to consider as an umbrella employee paying to keep your own limited company running. Louise Rayner at Numbermill discusses here: buff.ly/3vQXcOL

#ir35 #limitedcompany #umbrellacompany

Hopes raised that despite falling further last month, IT contractor demand has now bottomed out -- ahead of a potential April-June boom. Read here: buff.ly/4cTS9xQ

Kate Shoesmith, Neil Carberry, and Matt Collingwood comment.

#itcontractors #itjobs #itskills

The number of techies set to start temp roles (like our projects pipeline), turned a corner in March 2024. Matt Collingwood at VIQU Recruitment discusses here: buff.ly/3vCH1EJ

#itcontractor #recruitment #technology

Nigel Nordone at Qdos Contractor defines the terms contractors commonly come up against in the status space. Read here: buff.ly/3Jbjtd3

#ir35 #offpayroll #contractor

In the second leg against another football pundit, HMRC has won hands down, hoisting numerous status red flags for business and contractors to beware. Rebecca Seeley Harris discusses here: buff.ly/3xqCbux

#ir35 #hmrc #moo

For contractors and others, a new First-Tier Tax tribunal judgment sheds light on the complexities of UK tax law and the obligations of both taxpayers and HMRC – even when there’s a pandemic on, says Naseerah Mussa at Chartergates here: buff.ly/4aq59cN

#tax #contracting

A 90% cut in the dividend allowance takes the gloss of ‘a good IR35 thing likely to have very little impact.’ Read here: buff.ly/4aoDPvf

Matt Collingwood, Seb Maley, Dolan Accountancy, WTTConsulting, and Numbermill comment.

#tax #contractor #tax year

Meredith McCammond at LITRG discusses where brolly contractors need to be on the lookout once the new tax year starts on Saturday. Read here: buff.ly/3xqJEKj

#umbrellacompany #contractor #tax

Alex Seal at Markel Tax clears up the biggest myths, misconceptions and misunderstandings about IR35. Read here: buff.ly/4aGSYbb

#ir35 #offpayroll #contractor

A tip to buy six £50 food vouchers before the tax year ends isn’t going down well with all limited company tax advisers -- for fear it may not go down well with HMRC. Read here: buff.ly/3POLnPR

Aardvark Accounting and Integro Accounting comment.

#contractor #accountants #tax

Naysayers think CEST logic should be changed, but to what and based on what case law? Rebecca Seeley Harris discusses here: buff.ly/3U3LQA0

#ir35 #cest #tax