Out with the old freelance IT career advice, in with seven strategies to increase your chances of staying off the bench.

For the first time in a long time, the chancellor’s March statement isn’t forecast to be a tax-raising event for the UK’s ...

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

While Joint & Several Liability is already triggering requests that deserve short shrift, the Finance Bill alone won’t ...

What’s in store for IT contractors this year, according to a veteran freelance business analyst who’s seen off recessions, AI ...

At least one eagle-eyed ContractorUK reader noticed that our contractor dividends guide for 2025-26 didn’t include ‘dividends frequency,’ AKA the frequency of drawing dividends. That’s partly because ...

The Statutory Residence Test (SRT) allows contractors and other individuals to determine residence status for a tax year, writes Kevin Austin, managing director of Access Financial. Each tax year is ...

VAT can seem daunting, but as 2025-26 dawns, have you considered making life easier by using the Flat Rate Scheme? In fact, while VAT can be complex, what if there was a way to make Value Added Tax ...

The TV presenter Adrain Chiles has lost the IR35 appeal brought by HMRC at the Upper Tribunal, in a judgment that holds interest if not implications for other limited company contractors, writes ...

‘Umbrella or PAYE: what is the difference?’ It’s a fair question, a good question even, but first we ought to ask a more fundamental one, writes Lucy Smith, managing director of Clarity Umbrella. And ...

When a limited company’s directors declare a dividend, two documents must be produced – board meeting minutes and a dividend voucher for each shareholder, writes Zeeshan Anwar, head of compliance at ...

First introduced in September 2017, the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) is still yet to claim its first prosecution, but that’s not stopping contractors, agencies, and umbrella companies all asking ...