Contractors excluded from proposed False Self-Employment rules by technicality
Limited company and umbrella contractors are excluded from proposed False Self-Employment legislation through a tax technicality, explains Lawspeed.
HMRC places limited company contractors outside new False Self-Employment Legislation
Limited company contractors are not within the scope of the new False Self-Employment legislation proposals, shows Lawspeed its latest seminar.
The only way to fix IR35 is to make it irrelevant, ContractorCalculator tells peers
Fixing IR35 can only be achieved by merging NI and income tax to make it irrelevant, ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin tells the PSC inquiry.
Financial sector recovery in London and Edinburgh boosts contracting opportunities
Contractor demand growth continues in Scotland across all core disciplines, with evidence of a financial sector recovery in England and Scotland.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 16/Jan/2014
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry hots up; marketing plus oil and gas updates; and HMRC branded “whale surviving on tiny plankton”.
PSCs are undefinable and ‘disguised employment’ is nonsensical, Chaplin tells Lords
ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin tells peers in written evidence that there is no definition of what a personal service company actually is.
IR35 a “sticking plaster” on the tax system’s structural problem, witness tells Lords
IR35 is a “sticking plaster” on the UK tax system’s structural problems, says Amey’s tax head Robert Fort in the latest Lords’ PSC inquiry session.
HMRC discovers extra £75m of IR35 tax yield, according to Lords’ PSC inquiry evidence
EXCLUSIVE: HMRC has upped its estimate of IR35’s tax yield by £75m, from £475m in late November 2013 to £550m in early January 2014.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 10/Jan/2014
News this week covers: further Lords inquiry evidence; increased contractor hiring; contractor exports; Miliband AWR pledge; and PCG Moneybox event.
Contractor demand growth “sharpest in over 15 years”: REC/KPMG Report on Jobs
Contractor agency billings grew at the sharpest rate seen since July 1998, led by growth in IT, shows the REC/KPMG Report on Jobs for December 2013.
Contractors drive PSCs use and are hired short-term for their skills, Lords told
Contractors choose to work via limited companies and both private and public sector clients use them short-term for specialist skills, peers are told.
ContractorCalculator Market Report January 2014
Contractor demand shows no sign of slowing down, skills shortages are driving up rates and a shale gas development-led contract boom may be closer.
Contracting in 2014: experts predict what’s in store for contractors in the New Year
Contractors can look forward to a busy 2014 energised by shale gas, with skills shortages boosting demand and rates but IR35 and new legislation loom.
Contracting in 2013: IR35, PSC inquiry, false self-employment and economic recovery
Contracting in 2013 was a year dominated by IR35, green shoots of recovery and two late surprises: the Lords PSC inquiry and false self-employment.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/Dec/2013
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry; contractor demand updates; surge in self-employment; shale gas; PCG airport capacity call; & PAC slams HMRC.
Contracting experts clarify to Lords how contractors really work without avoiding tax
Contractors’ use of limited companies and agencies is just good business and not tax avoidance, Lords told in latest PSC inquiry evidence session.
“Dangerous” false self-employment proposals: PCG seeks clarity for contractors
PCG is “very concerned” about proposed false self-employment legislation, and is seeking clarity from HMRC, says PCG’s Andy Chamberlain.
Contractor demand increases in Scotland: near historic high in November 2013
Contractor demand in Scotland increased at one of the fastest rates since 2003, outpacing the rest of the UK, says the Bank of Scotland.
Contractors should have a statutory right to be self-employed, expert tells Lords
Contractors should have a statutory right to be self-employed, the House of Lords Select Committee on PSCs is told in its latest evidence session.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 12/Dec/2013
News this week covers: false self-employment; IR35 statistics; contract market strengthens; HMRC tax avoidance tribunal win; & HMRC RTI rules relaxed.
Contractor livelihoods threatened by new ‘false employment’ test
Contractor livelihoods are threatened by proposed ‘false employment’ test, forcing all contractors to pay PAYE tax and NICs, warns Egos’ Roger Sinclair.
IT contractors with niche skills “hugely in demand” on £1k per day
IT contractors with data governance, cloud and mobile skills are commanding rates of up to £1,000 a day, shows Manpower’s Employment Outlook Survey.
Contract rates rise as market strengthens across all core contracting sectors
Contractor demand increased across all core contracting disciplines and rates continue to rise, according to November 2013’s REC/KPMG Report on Jobs.
New HMRC measures against false-self-employment won’t target genuine contractors
Contractors won’t be deliberately targeted by HMRC’s measures against false self-employment announced in the Autumn Statement, say PCG & Parasol.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 6/Dec/2013
News this week covers: Autumn Statement; Lords inquiry; Small Business Saturday; infrastructure plan; MSBs; second homes; and HMRC uses Street View.
Autumn Statement: Osborne gets tougher on tax avoidance – contractors to be targeted?
Limited company contractors could be in line for more ‘compliance activity’ by HMRC, following Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 Autumn Statement.
IT contractors can use new online resource to help secure NHS contract roles
IT contractors have access to a new, free online resource provided by recruiter max20 to help them secure IT contracts within the NHS.
IR35 needs 3000 inspectors to be policed properly, Lords told
Contractor PSC inquiry: the Lords committee is told that IR35 will require 20,000 investigations a year by 3,000 HMRC staff to police it effectively.
ContractorCalculator Market Report December 2013
Contractor demand continues to grow and is increasingly broad-based across all core contracting disciplines, as skills shortages continue to worsen.
New-start contractors’ businesses are behind the oil and gas employee brain drain
Oil and gas professionals starting contracting businesses are behind the employee brain drain oil and gas services firms and operators are suffering.
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