Contractors will have a chance during October to influence Liberal Democrat policy on the IR35 tax regulation, as the party launches a review of their taxation policies. In a consultation paper, the ...

IT contractor groups have welcomed the coalition government's pledge to abolish IR35, the unpopular tax guidelines that were introduced to try to stop tax avoidance. The Professional Contractors' ...

Contractors working for public sector bodies that have fallen foul of the IR35 rules could be entitled to a pay-out from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), it has emerged. The government tax collection ...

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has confirmed a “potential” legislative solution is in the works to address a long-standing issue that has seen the government agency accused of “over-collecting” tax from ...

Freelancers and small business owners face higher tax bills under government plans to extend controversial public-sector procurement rules to the private sector. The off-payroll working rules are ...

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Where contractors in IT and other key sectors of the UK economy will want to be on the lookout in the year ahead.

A relatively minor change put forward by Kwasi Kwarteng in his now-defunct mini-Budget was a proposed adjustment to the IR35 tax rule. HMRC bought in the IR35 tax rule in 1999 aiming to clamp down on ...

The delayed UK tax rules mean interim CISO positions are becoming less common, and both interims and vCISOs will raise their rates to offset higher taxes. Though its introduction to the private sector ...