Contractors, have you got a substitution policy document, outlining how the supply chain would deal with you enacting your RoS?

The latest public sector IR35 bill is pretty swingeing -- but the overall trend suggests public sector bodies are getting to grips with the OPW rules, after seven long years.

The latest public sector IR35 bill is pretty swingeing -- but the overall trend suggests public sector bodies are getting to grips with the OPW rules, after seven long years.

We, the undersigned, are writing to you on behalf of the UK’s flexible workforce and the UK’s important flexible economy. All parties and this Conservative Government should celebrate and support this ...

If you hadn’t noticed, there’s quite a lot of frustration in the agency contractor space at present, and unfortunately whether you’re a contractor or an agent, the feeling seems increasingly mutual!

Before Labour stomped to victory at general election 2024 on July4th-5th, Reform UK pledged to “abolish” the IR35 rules. Even though Nigel Farage’s party provided no alternative to this much-disliked ...

The recent news that High Speed 2 Limited (HS2) has agreed to pay £6.2million to HMRC for failing to comply with the OPW rules is the latest example of a public body falling foul of this legislation, ...

There is a lot to consider when making the leap into contracting. How do you find contract jobs? How much can you earn? How do you write your CV? What’s IR35? Do you use an umbrella company or start ...

On LinkedIn, I’m regularly approached by other contractors who can’t get their head around how to operate – in the view of HMRC – on an Outside IR35 basis. The number one complaint from these ...

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Supreme Court sides with the taxman by ruling that if there’s a contract, there’s mutual obligations -- thereby removing MoO as a future outside IR35 ‘battleground’.

How end-clients who relied on rates to woo freelance tech talent must now tap into the importance of work-life balance.