Off-Payroll

Money won't create success, the freedom to make it will.Nelson Mandela Many of you may recall that back in April HMRC named and shamed tax avoidance schemes used by umbrella companies for the first time. There was even a video (see…

HMRC has published its report, ‘Long-term effects of the Off-Payroll working rules reform for public sector organisations’, but some IR35 and contractor industry experts suggest the report appears self-serving and one-sided. The…

The impacts or "side effects" of Off-payroll legislation and private sector IR35 reform on the flexible labour market have been unravelling fast since April, as The Freelance Informer has previously reported. Yet, there seems to be an…

Which sectors and companies are hiring interims and why? Interim vacancies will continue to grow in 2022 as demand for flexible talent shows no signs of slowing down, according to new research from the Association of…

SPECIAL REPORT UK vulnerable to extreme risks due to government’s “default to secrecy” and lack of experts COVID-19 has exposed the UK’s risk management system so much that it is deemed as “deficient and too inflexible”…

IT Contractor Robert Lee and his company Northern Lights have had his appeal dismissed against HMRC by Upper Tribunal. Dave Chaplin, CEO of ContractorCalculator offers his insights into the key lessons from the case. HMRC has won a…

The Loan Charge APPG has published what it deems "a powerful report" on their inquiry into ‘How Contracting Should Work’. The APPG has reported that it has exposed significant non-compliance and malpractice in the supply chain by many…

ContractorCalculator urges in a press release for agencies and end-clients to terminate contractor contracts before April When Freelance Informer received the below press release in its Inbox, it was taken aback by the headline, and…