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“The national insurance rise, minimum wage increase and employment rights bill suggest the government is prioritising getting more people into higher quality jobs rather than just seeking to increase employment at all costs in the short run,” Aveek Bhattacharya, research director at the Social Market Foundation said.
Interesting take.
- Scottish Income Tax Calculator 2023/24 icalculator.com
Only one I've found that does Scottish + dividends + year selector.
- What contractors should ask recruitment agencies about IR35 reform contractoruk.com
News What contractors should ask recruitment agencies about IR35 reform Back in mid-November, we were a bit down to have to report that as many as one third of…
- Possible scenarios facing contractors when IR35 reform is enforced qdoscontractor.com
Many contractors are unsure about how private sector changes will play out Contractors have shown huge resilience in recent years, having been impacted by…
- How contractors can prepare for 2020 private sector IR35 reform contractoruk.com
Private Sector IR35 Reform How contractors can prepare for 2020 private sector IR35 reform Most PSC contractors know by now that from April 6th next year, they…
- Are you caught in the 60% tax trap? theguardian.com
Parents with two children can claim up to £1,790 in child benefit.Photograph: Getty Images/Hero Images T his week’s budget promised an income tax giveaway next…
- What evidence outside-IR35 contractors need to prove themselves contractoruk.com
Given public sector engagers’ tendency to take a risk-averse approach when determining their contractors’ IR35 status , it is vital that independent workers…
- ICAEW slams HMRC for IR35 failings accountingweb.co.uk
Organisations including the ICAEW have called into question several key aspects of the off-payroll reforms for the public sector, before an expected move to…
- How your pension pot can help claw back lost child benefit theguardian.com
Child’s play: a quirk in the tax rules can get back lost cash.Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images Thousands of families are failing to take advantage of a…
- IR35 and other issues for contractors claiming expenses from clients for flights contractorcalculator.co.uk
Limited company contractors travelling on behalf of their clients by air face the twin challenges of navigating HMRC’s opaque expenses rules and IR35 tax…
- Tax raid postponed as ministers rush through finance bill theguardian.com
Plan to slash the tax-free dividend allowance from £5,000 to £2,000 from April 2018 could still be introduced if the Conservatives win the election.Photograph:…
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- PSCs to abandon NHS IT project over IR35 changes contractoruk.com
Thirty PSC contactors will abandon an overrun £16.5million health service IT project after a NHS trust said it would declare them all inside IR35 from April 6…
The way that contractors work in the public sector is changing and it is important to be aware of how these changes could affect you. From 6 April this year,…
- Philip Hammond ditches national insurance rise for self-employed theguardian.com
The chancellor, Philip Hammond, who was criticised by Tory backbenchers over the national insurance rise.Photograph: Dinendra Haria/Rex/Shutterstock Philip…
A lot of contractors will purchase membership with IPSE (the association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed, previously PCG – Professional…
- Petition: Reconsider the new Dividend Tax for small businesses petition.parliament.uk
The govt want to stop business owners being paid via dividends to reduce tax bills. This flies in the face of risk & reward for running a business &…
- Crunch IR35 Calculator crunch.co.uk
- New Statesman - The tax haven in the heart of Britain newstatesman.com
One of the biggest, most silent players behind so much offshore activity has been identified: a Teflon-like, medieval institution, wrapped around the neck of Britain and dedicated to keeping finance strong and free.
- The Great Olympic Tax Swindle ethicalconsumer.org
Without these tax sweeteners the IOC would simply take their corporate circus elsewhere and so begins a race to the bottom in a bidding process that echoes the offshore system. New tax rules ushered in as part of the winning Team GB bid include ‘a temporary exemption from UK Corporation Tax and UK Income Tax for certain non-resident companies’.
- Why the super-rich love the UK | Society | The Guardian guardian.co.uk
- Brown's PBR taxes IT contractors :: Contractor UK contractoruk.com
From April 2007, draft legislation will strip away the “unfair competitive [tax] advantage” for hundreds of thousands of contractors who today use managed service or composite companies. Unlike limited company owners, these workers are “not in busin
- Inland Revenue site buckling under load | The Register theregister.co.uk
"A spokesman [...] added that there would be no extensions for those who still have to file". GREAT.