In the absence of any reference to the umbrella company tax reforms in Budget 2025, HMRC published a new, nine-chapter policy paper on November 26th. In line with the HMRC policy paper's contents ...

The chancellor giveth warm words to 'working people' but taketh more of contractors' incomes via stealth tax, dividends, and NI on £2k-plus pensions contributions. Contractor measures at Autumn Budget ...

Ahead of Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget 2025 on 26 November, ContractorUK brings together analysis and reaction from across the contracting sector.

An ignoble nine directors are a warning not to ignore, especially for contractors with BBL concerns who are about to close. The Covid inquiry isn't the only brutal hangover from the pandemic to give ...

A behind-closed-doors session for the Conservatives to work out their IR35 position posed four big questions to contractors’ ...

As the government continues to flatter IR35, the data needed to truly gauge the full, detrimental impact of the HMRC rules is conveniently not being disclosed.

The “interesting” case of the nurse who won at the ET, but who’s now lost at the EAT, contains some key admissions for Labour, as well.

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished with the OPW rules — Reform UK.

The taxman has 14 million reasons to feel like he’s come out on top, even if it is wooden dollars which changed hands four ...

The hopes last October when the government announced that there would be another loan charge review were high, following the promise made by Rachel Reeves when in opposition. However, the hopes were ...

In a world with a lower VAT ceiling than today's, expect fewer unregistered rivals, potential FRS tweaks, and more HMRC compliance noise. It's a move that would widen the VAT net for HMRC. But for ...