Answers to ‘How often can a limited company contractor pay dividends?’ plus IR35, and ‘disguised salary’ considerations.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue government pledge to “support the self-employed” is something we think all UK contractors can get behind, even if it’s been sounded mainly about Britain’s creative ...

Keeping ‘business’ separate from ‘personal’ is among the main points of the darts pro who’s been disqualified.

A dividend represents a portion of a company's post-tax profits that is distributed to its shareholder (s). Dividends may only be issued if the business has generated sufficient retained profits.

A rethink by end-hirers on how to structure and allocate resources bodes well for IT contractors, says staffing giant Robert Half.

Josh is senior research and policy officer at the Association of Independent Professionals & Self-Employed (IPSE), the representative body for the UK’s self-employed community, including freelancers, ...

Recruiters (or the end client, should there be no staffing business in the chain) will be on the radar of HMRC if there are more significant issues, such as those related to ongoing contractual ...

Rachel Reeves didn’t put up contractors’ taxes at Spending Review 2025, but used it to say three departments will hire fewer external consultants. The chancellor also reassured yesterday that the ...

A new paper from the think-tank Labour Together to equip every Briton with a digital Right-To-Work credential -- a ‘card’ you’d keep in your smartphone’s wallet-- is reportedly being considered ...

His Majesty's Treasury has signalled a model of Joint and Several Liability (JSL) to achieve contractor umbrella company tax compliance from April 6th 2026. Under JSL, the recruitment agency supplying ...

As far as employment tribunal cases go, it looks like a headline writer’s dream. The case of Wicken v Akita Systems Ltd: introduction It features an IT director whose “improvement plan” states he ...