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Chancellor refrains from a £5k dividend raid (for now), saying there won’t be a rerun of last autumn’s bruising.
Replacing like-for-like would be lamentable, even if BritCard is apparently going to be free and seamless technology.
Although the truth isn’t getting in the way of a good LinkedIn post, there are genuine lessons to learn from IT director Ben Wicken v Akita Systems Ltd.
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.
This government (like the last) cannot settle on the self-employed, subjecting them to a never-ending, legislative merry-go-round.
A leaked memo from the deputy PM to the chancellor asks for a £5,000+ cut to limited company contractor take-home pay.
There’s a new witty banner on LinkedIn. But it doesn’t filter to agencies, nor does it give the outside IR35 points you probably want.
Five fallouts face contractors from April 2026 thanks to HMRC’s plan to process tax via the agency PAYE reference number.
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 ...
What will your end-clients identify as? That is the question an HMRC update sets up as significant for April 6th 2027.
Accreditation body welcomes Lord Holmes’ clause to subject every ‘employment business participating in employment arrangements’ to a ‘licensing authority.’ ...