The first major warning came from former HS2 contractor James Horabin in June 2018. In an exposé published by ...

Contractors earn more money than employees do. It’s that simple. That is because contractors charge more and can take home a lot more of their pay than employees are able to. Contractors have three ...

Note: To calculate the effective rate for the contractor start with say £100, take off corporation tax at 19%, leaving £81, and then apply the dividend tax rate to the £81. The total amount of taxes ...

The House of Lords Finance Bill Sub-Committee has implored HMRC and Government to scrap the fundamentally flawed Off-Payroll rules in favour of a fairer and more holistic approach in a report that ...

Use this calculator to assess the impact that the original IR35 legislation has on your net income. IR35 was introduced to identify 'disguised employees' and ensure they pay the correct amount of tax.

The Chancellor has today committed to repealing the Off-payroll legislation, which were supposed to reform IR35, but instead held businesses back. The IR35 Reforms, which rolled into the public and ...

When you are contracting your frequency of interviews will tend to be much higher than those of permanent staff due to the number of different places you are likely to work. You will need to be a good ...

Interested in the IR35 court cases? We list every single one here. The Intermediaries Legislation is Chapter 8 of ITEPA, enacted in April 2000. This is commonly referred to as “IR35”, but confusingly ...

Calculate the contracting rates you should charge to match your current employment income You can use this calculator to figure out the hourly or daily rate you would need to charge as a contractor in ...

Contractors need to have an understanding of how HMRC’s rules on Supervision, Direction and Control (SDC) work, as the taxman uses them to determine whether the ‘agency legislation’ applies to workers ...

Calculate the permanent salary you need to match your contracting income This calculator helps you determine what annual salary you should target as a permanent employee in order to match your net ...

The Off-payroll legislation sets out the provisions for clients to provide a IR35 ‘status determination statement’ when assessing the IR35 status of contractors. A ‘Status Determination Statement’ ...