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UK Citizens Spend Five Months Paying Their Taxes
British people will spend all of their earnings on tax for the first five months of next year a leading think tank has announced. In 2011, Tax Freedom say falls on May 30th, 3 days later than 2010. The Adam …
Realtime PAYE one step closer for many freelancers
Freelancers using agency payrolls or umbrella companies are slowly moving nearer to a system of real time PAYE payment, following the release of a new HMRC consultation paper.
Court of Appeal Clarifies Contractors Employment Status
The Court of Appeal has just passed judgement on a case (Tilson v Alstom) with huge implications for contractors and agency workers and for those who engage staff
Uk Government to Cut IT Contractors
John Collington, the coalition government's procurement chief is shortly to announce that hardware for central government IT should be sourced straight from manufacturers, and not from resellers as
Government Tax Committee Appoints PCG Chairman
Freelance Community Now has Representative to Voice Frustrations with IR35 The Chairman of the PCG , Chris Bryce, has been asked to join the Government’s Office of Tax Simplification’s
PCG Demands Clarity On Agency Workers Regulations
After the Government's recent announcement that Agency Workers Regulations will not be amended or changed before October 2011, the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has called for clarity and
Britain still not ‘business friendly’ claim small companies.
Small companies in Britain feel that they are still facing too much bureaucracy and that the general atmosphere is still not business friendly. A survey conducted by the
New IR35 Status Tool Launched.
IT contractor website ContractorCalculator has just launched a new employment status test, designed to calculate within 10 minutes whether you will be covered by IR35 rules. IR35 legislation, long
Contractors Tell Government to Scrap IR35
Contractors and Contractor Groups all over the UK and on the internet are rushing to let the government know their feelings on scrapping IR35. With the Treasury launching
Applicants 'crowding labour market'
Professional contractors seeking new projects should be aware that conditions in the UK labour market are crowded, an expert has claimed. Virginia Raemy, chief executive of online tendering platform
