There's a particular kind of confusion that comes with contracting in the UK, and it doesn't get talked about enough.

For many contractors, April’s higher NMW will flit between mechanical and margin-moving — unlike for some umbrellas, for whom it may be the ‘perfect storm’ that puts them to the test.

It’s not in force yet, but a framework that HMRC hails as advantageous to umbrella company workers is already penalising them. And on multiple fronts.

With billions being spent abroad on offshoring, UK contractors understandably feel forgotten. But is the government just fiddling as Britain’s temporary IT labour market burns?

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How directors can use dividends to take the maximum take-home pay with the minimum tax, at the new HMRC rates of 10.75% and 35.75%.

Hard workers. Innovation-embracers. Value-adders.’ All are called to compete at the UK contractor industry’s biggest awards show, which just updated to ‘reflect real changes in the temporary labour ...

Fresh guidance on how much of a wage is optimal for contractors to pay themselves in the new tax year (if minimising money to ...

LCAG: Ministers said a quick and partial review would resolve Loan Charge cases, but the McCann Review will be the latest ...

What the chancellor’s ‘not fooling anyone’ fiscal update means for contractors, according to SG Accounting, Mellor & Co, Brookson, LITRG and other UK contracting experts.