Rigour mortis will surely set into the umbrella industry before April 6th 2026 -- potentially the point of death for umbrellas as we know them today.

Demand for IT contractors fell in October 2024 to its lowest level since July 2022, REC figures show. The figures mean IT contractor demand has not been lower since the economy tentatively reopened ...

There’s no final bill or liability admission. But the Welsh government agency set up to sustainably manage the environment clearly didn’t manage off-payroll worker status properly.

Due to an announcement at Autumn Budget 2024 on October 30th 2024, business owners face some important changes regarding the tax rate that is applied in a Members' Voluntary Liquidation (MVL). There ...

Rachel Reeves today hit both umbrella and limited company contractors at Autumn Budget 2024, as part of a £40billion tax raid. In her budget speech, the chancellor said the government would move ...

Buried in the raft of revenue-raising measures announced at Autumn Budget 2024 was one seemingly rather small change -- the rate of interest on tax paid late to HMRC is going up by 1.5 percentage ...

Autumn Budget 2024 has eight main areas affecting UK contractors. As reported yesterday and below (‘Umbrella Regulation’), the biggest of the eight will see PAYE responsibility shift from umbrella ...

A little something is going on in the House of Commons today that stands to affect contractors. But it’s possible that the new Labour government’s Employment Rights Bill-- published on October 10th, ...

At face value, there were few housing and mortgage surprises in Rachel Reeves’ first budget, even if it was the first-ever UK budget delivered by a woman chancellor. What’s perhaps more pressing for ...

About the only thing that isn't flagged to change after tomorrow’s Autumn Budget is HMRC penalties for late VAT returns and payments. And in MPMH Construction Ltd v HMRC, the First-Tier Tribunal ...