Ahead of test cases in February 2026, Boox and Churchill Knight contractors have been selected for a pilot HMRC is already having to quietly apologise about.

Being left out-of-pocket for an extensive period thwarts usually sensible debt recovery options, even if LinkedIn users say otherwise.

How contractor recruitment agencies appear to be caught between two competing pieces of legislation, and what navigating the push-pull needs to involve.

Rule 1: Make sure you understand the contract and all its implications before you sign. Rule 2: Treat everything in the contract as negotiable until you sign. And don't be afraid to negotiate! Rule 3: ...

Named and shamed’ avoidance schemes are taking keywords associated with contracting for their names. Or just potentially trading off someone else’s.

It might be legislation to address umbrella companies, but JSL means it’s agencies that must try to survive and not get wiped out.

Answers to ‘How often can a limited company contractor pay dividends?’ plus IR35, and ‘disguised salary’ considerations.

A seemingly out-of-the-blue government pledge to “support the self-employed” is something we think all UK contractors can get behind, even if it’s been sounded mainly about Britain’s creative ...

A dividend represents a portion of a company's post-tax profits that is distributed to its shareholder (s). Dividends may only be issued if the business has generated sufficient retained profits.

For the purposes of this article, in which I want to provide a guide to overseas dividends and withholding tax for contractors, it is assumed that the contractor will use a UK-registered limited ...

Jason Piper, a senior manager in tax and business law at the ACCA gave evidence to a Lords enquiry into Personal Service Companies. Here, exclusively for ContractorUK, he explains what a PSC is; where ...

Before IT contractors can explore the depreciation period and rate for their staple items – business laptops and computers, let’s start with some fundamentals like what is depreciation and who decides ...