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How you identify as an independent worker could impact your earning potential, new data suggests

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 17, 2025

New research from contractor insurer Qdos reveals how independent workers in the UK identify themselves, a factor that could significantly influence their earning capabilities and the types of work they attract. The 2024 survey,…

Changes to company size rules – what it means for contractors and PSCs

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Feb 10, 2025

ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED ON 08.04.25 to reflect the new company size thresholds and start dates If you're an off-payroll contractor operating through a personal service company (PSC), there are some important changes coming your way.…

Umbrella companies will no longer be “legally” responsible for operating PAYE payments

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Oct 30, 2024

The UK government has announced a major shake-up of the temporary labour market, aiming to tackle widespread tax avoidance within the umbrella company sector and improve conditions for workers. Legislation will be introduced that will…

Will Labour Take Away Our Right to Be Self-Employed?

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Sep 24, 2024

As freelancers, sole traders, and agency contractors, we are often caught in the crossfire of new government policies that aim to reshape the workforce. With Labour’s plans for a new industrial strategy, announced by Chancellor of the…

Can This 5-Point Freelance Manifesto Sway the General Election for Self-Employed Workers?

Staff Reporter Jun 4, 2024

A groundbreaking new freelance manifesto has been released advocating for sweeping changes to protect the livelihoods of freelancers and self-employed individuals in the UK. Citing harmful government policies as a key factor in damaging…

Umbrella industry left unregulated for another year

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Apr 18, 2024

Freelancers left frustrated by latest government inaction over umbrella company tax avoidance protections Freelancers forced to work through umbrella companies were left disappointed today after the government's announcement on tackling…

UK highly skilled contractors out of work due to IR35. But not for long if the Americans have their…

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Apr 9, 2024

An IPSE survey reveals a troubling trend: highly skilled UK freelancers are out of work due to IR35. The situation looks to have created the ideal environment for American companies to recruit British talent from across the Atlantic. Will…

HMRC CEST tool reportedly “misaligned with the law”

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Mar 25, 2024

THIS ARTICLE HAS BEEN UPDATED Freelancers face a potential tax timebomb, thanks to a recent revelation about HMRC's CEST tool. However, not all IR35 and Off-Payroll experts believe the HMRC is in the wrong A Freedom of Information…

Taxation Without Fairness: The Uncomfortable Echoes of the Loan Charge and the Boston Tea Party

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Jan 19, 2024

OPINION & SPECIAL LOAN CHARGE REPORT As responses to a Parliamentary debate on the Loan Charge brew this week, we turn to the history books and our American cousins for inspiration on the implementation of a Taxpayer Bill of Rights…

Master the Leap: Former IT contractors share their tips on how to transition from freelancer to…

Katherine Steiner-Dicks Jan 2, 2024

Freelance IT contractors, the backbone of many projects, often possess a unique blend of technical prowess and entrepreneurial spirit. But what happens when these skilled soloists decide to strike out on their own and build their own…

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