What steps umbrella employees should take to prepare for the new ‘JSL’ legislation (includes some urgent actions if you’re using a tax avoidance scheme).

At that meeting, HMRC announced that the direction of travel for the tax compliance policy is going to be “Joint and Several ...

Umbrellas get to retain their ERN and continue PAYE operations, while recruiters still ‘bear the brunt,’ under an updated version of HMRC’s incoming legislation.

A lawyer claims there is a way for a 'beneficial owner' of a business to head off the “unwanted scrutiny” that the government’s central register of companies might bring them. James Austen of legal ...

Contractors under client supervision, direction and control are the freelance labour market’s biggest losers of Budget 2015, as reported yesterday and today, as they will lose tax relief on travel and ...

Chancellor refrains from a £5k dividend raid (for now), saying there won’t be a rerun of last autumn’s bruising.

The private sector IR35 reform proposal threatens to expose clients to the new corporate criminal evasion offence if they fail to ensure PSCs pay the "right amount" of tax, a law firm is warning.

Replacing like-for-like would be lamentable, even if BritCard is apparently going to be free and seamless technology.

It’s odd to me that “contractors” aren’t specifically named as one of the parties that HMRC wants to hear from in response to its consultation unveiled at Spring Statement 2025, “Closing in on ...

It features an IT director whose “improvement plan” states he would “purchase new clothes” to “work on his image.” It also includes the director mentioning that he couldn’t attend the office on a ...

TV host Ant Middleton is among the famous (and not-so-famous) faces falling foul of the Insolvency Service, with disqualification orders in just three cases totalling 16 years.