Not only are the Off-Payroll rules an overly-burdensome and unjust amendment to IR35, they also have a toxic impact on…
In the House of Commons last week, Gregory Campbell, who is Shadow DUP Spokesperson for the Cabinet Office asked “if…
2019 stands to be the most important year in the history of IR35, and one which will shape the future…
Benefits of operating through a limited company and the difficulties that come with it. Being a limited company contractor is…
Many contractors are unlikely to be thinking about their tax affairs during the festive season. There are far more interesting…
There was much debate in the House of Commons on the 20th November regarding the 2019 charge on tax avoidance related…
It feels like no matter how much Making Tax Digital for VAT is discussed, there is always a big question…
A House of Lords report has condemned HMRC’s efforts in tackling tax avoidance and evasion, while calling for Government to…
December is here already and Christmas will soon be upon us with 2018 nearly at an end. The last few…
In its report, ‘Making Tax Digital for VAT: Treating Small Businesses Fairly’ published last week, the House of Lords Economic…
Warnings that the UK’s status as an IT talent beacon will diminish due to Brexit were shrugged off yesterday…
Brexit has become an all-consuming issue for the Government. And now, after having convinced the EU leaders to accept her…
The announcement in last month’s Budget that further IR35 changes will be introduced in 2020 was a development that independent workers,…
When the Chancellor of the exchequer appeared before the House of Commons Treasury Committee and referred to the 2019 Loan…
Hundreds of broadcasters who followed BBC protocol to determine their employment status had it overturned by HMRC’s flawed Check Employment…
The minutes of the latest IR35 forum meeting, which took place on 30th August have recently been released and are mainly…
Contractors who believe they have suffered unjust tax treatment at the hands of HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST)…
As the Chancellor stood to deliver his Budget speech last week, a great many contractors and businesses serving the UK’s…
It has recently been reported by that a contractor providing business analysis related services to the Met office in 2017/18…
HMRC has published its summary of responses to the ‘Off-Payroll working in the private sector’ consultation. In doing so, it glossed…
Clearly the main topic of interest to contractors in Monday’s Budget was the deferment of the extension of the ‘off-payroll…
Government sustained its attack on the self-employed by announcing plans to extend the draconian ‘Off-Payroll’ rules into the private sector…
The Autumn Budget is just around the corner, due to take place on 29th October, which will be shortly followed…
A contractor has successfully used an employment tribunal to prove their outside IR35 status and reclaim thousands in overpaid tax,…
Contractors who have engaged in disguised remuneration schemes over the past two decades have little time left to avoid potentially…
Budget 2018 is only 14 days away and speculation regarding whether the Government will decide to implement further IR35…
Earlier this year we saw former BBC Look North presenter, Christa Ackroyd, lose her IR35 appeal at the First-tier Tax…
Many businesses still ignorant of MTD for VAT Despite Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT being only six months away,…
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Phillip Hammond, has finally set a date for the Autumn Budget, which is to go…
Limited Company Contractors who want to provide a safety net for their loved ones in the event of their untimely death…
The Government’s treatment of millions of self-employed individuals and small business owners will likely face yet more scrutiny following the…
In a recent employment rights case against HMRC, Susan Winchester, an independent contractor, successfully claimed for unpaid holiday pay of…
In the House of Commons last week, Mel Stride responded to questions asked regarding HMRC’s Check Employment Status for tax tool…
The growing threat of working inside IR35 is the number one concern for contractors, and yet calls for the…
HMRC has suffered another humiliating employment tribunal defeat in relation to IR35 after the presiding judge, Judge Sarah Falk, found…
Historically, HMRC have attributed little importance to the lack of employment benefits in determining IR35 status. Many contractors believe if…
On August 22nd 2018, HMRC published a response to a request under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, for details of…
The Off-Payroll tax that HMRC is looking to impose on the private sector threatens to undo all of the work…
It’s certainly advisable to take a proactive approach to IR35 to properly determine where your status lies, and to…
There are many benefits of contracting over permanent employment: the ability to work flexible hours, fresh and exciting challenges, and…
The provider you choose shouldn't make any significant difference, since tax law is tax law, regardless of who does it…
The expected major impact of potential private sector reform meant there was no shortage of reaction to the Government’s…
Following recent discussions between the Chartered Institute of Taxation and HMRC, the Revenue have now updated their guidance on…
Form P11D details the cash equivalent of benefits and expenses UK-based employers have provided to company directors and employees in…
In 2017, public sector bodies acting as the fee payer when engaging contractors in the public sector were handed the responsibility of…
MRC’s corporate culture to blame for poor customer service The recently published Adjudicator’s annual report for the year ended 31st…
The landscape of the UK workforce is changing, and with new technology, new ways of working have emerged. Despite HMRC’s…
Hermes ruling may add another string to HMRC’s bow The recent Employment Tribunal ruling in the Hermes Parcelnet Ltd (Hermes)…
More questions are being raised by MPs surrounding the impact of IR35 reform introduced last April into the public sector,…
Contractors who have been using schemes or arrangements, often known as contractor loan schemes, to minimise the tax they pay…
HMRC’s simplistic view of control was highlighted in the recent FTT case involving Jensal Software Ltd (JSL) where HMRC’s view of…
HMRC’s Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool asks a maximum of 16 questions about a contractor’s working arrangement before…
Figures taken from an illustrative example within HMRC’s ‘Off-Payroll working in the private sector’ consultation show that 84% of the…
The draft legislation for Finance Bill 2018-19 has already been published ahead of the November Budget, and it includes no…
HMRC, through the implementation of IR35 and their invention of the "deemed employee", is to blame for the proliferation of…
There has been no letup in the criticism of HMRC’s IR35 tool (CEST) in recent months, with pressure mounting on…
The industry has long held the opinion that HMRC have wrongly excluded one of the key status tests from its…
Staggeringly, HMRC has not changed its view on a key area of important case law it omitted from its Check…
Public sector contractors who are deemed caught by the Off-Payroll tax rules and trade via a limited company face a…
Another week and another case in which gig economy workers found themselves battling for employment rights. This time, an employment…
The BBC are apparently in talks with HMRC with regard to reaching a solution for determining the IR35 status of…
Two employment status cases each affecting the ‘gig economy’ should send a single message to the government -- write…
The House of Commons; Briefing Paper on IR35 was released on 13 June by the House of Commons Library whose…
If HMRC’s introduction of the IR35 legislation back in 2000 wasn’t enough to fracture the Government’s relationship with contractors, the…
There was no shortage of media debate the last few weeks on the subject of the gig economy and the…
If it was surprising that the big business-esque corporate criminal evasion offence could impact the seemingly far-removed contractor sector, it must…
Self-employed plumber employment rights confirmed by Supreme Court After failing to persuade the Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, Charlie…
It’s well documented that CEST fails to consider MOO, one of the key tests of employment, assuming instead that…
A plumber was right to say that he deserved basic worker rights like sick pay, despite being taken on as…
The taxman has been accused of manipulating IR35 so that contractors are considered guilty until proven innocent, overriding the rule…
The NHS faces a major crisis after it emerged that Trusts across the country are being implicated in an unlawful…
A private sector extension of the Off-Payroll rules appears to be on the horizon, with HMRC’s IR35 consultation acting as a…
Following the release of the Matthew Taylor Report on ’Modern Working Practices’ and the subsequent ‘Employment Status Consultation’ both released…
In an ideal world, an independent contractor should be seen as just that; completely independent from the client’s organisation. It…
Clients; cash, co-builders, and contractors (or the likes of) are the biggest barriers -- ranked in order, to getting an…
Background: On Friday May 25th 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect. This new, sweeping regulation gives consumers…
When it finally arrived, the government’s own press notice on the IR35 reform consultation stated that “external research on initial…
HMRC has launched its long-awaited consultation into ‘Off-Payroll’ working in the private sector , and, in doing so, all but confirms…
Long before IR35 changes were enforced in the public sector last year, speculation was mounting about the Government’s intentions…
In a recent Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Meeting reviewing HMRC’s performance, MP Meg Hillier opened proceedings by questioning the Treasury’s…
A two-week first-tier tax tribunal concluded last Friday 11th May 2018 at the High Court, involving three BBC news presenters…
Since public sector reform arrived last year, contractors have consistently been placed inside IR35 without a fair or thorough assessment…
Countless warnings about the GDPR still haven’t prompted businesses into action, as more than seven in 10 admit to not…
Following an 11 month investigation into the results of CEST, HMRC have at last revealed that 54% of the IR35…
Flexible working in the public sector is in crisis, stemming from the ill-conceived IR35 reforms. Now, the narrative is preparing…
From separate social media accounts for your business to smartphone apps to help with your limited company admin, what technology…
The fears that compel contractors to regard Brexit as a bigger drain to their confidence than IR35 have been laid bare…
You’d be hard-pressed to meet a small business owner with experience of supplying the public sector who won’t welcome the…
HMRC discussion document on tax abuse and insolvency The practice of ‘phoenixing’ or ‘phoenixism’ involves carrying on the same business…
The GDPR compliance deadline for European Union member states is fast approaching, with many tech companies updating their data protection…
When deciding on a payment structure contractors can either choose to run a limited company themselves or use an umbrella company…
A band of contractors’ supporters have drawn up a ten-point ‘manifesto’ that would put freelance contracting on a surer…
The general consensus among contractors is that Direct Contract opportunities are few and far between. So let’s take a brief…
Potentially unlawful practices among certain recruiters and umbrella companies, in response to the public sector IR35 reforms, have left many…
Contractor’s IR35 win highlights failings legislation and cements fears over CEST Attention remains firmly on IR35 following a construction contractor’s…
With the Finance Act 2018 receiving Royal Assent last month, it is worth taking a closer look at the legislation…
Independent contractors are self-employed workers who provide services for an organisation under a contract for services. Independent contractors are not…
A raft of new tax measures designed to raise £1.2billion by clamping down on evasion and avoidance has been flagged…
A contractor has defeated HMRC in the second IR35 ruling to emerge in two months. In the case of MDCM…
In conjunction with last week’s Spring Statement the Treasury has launched the consultation document, ‘VAT registration threshold – call…
The experts were labelling yesterday’s Spring Statement a washout before The Chancellor had even stood up to address his Parliamentary…
Today, chancellor Philip Hammond will deliver his first Spring Statement, which the contractor community have been assured will contain no…
Contractors starting their first contract, or starting a new contract with a brand new agency, will find one of the…
Since 6th April 2016, the way dividends are taxed has changed. Prior to that date, dividends would only suffer tax…
In the aftermath of 2017’s public sector IR35 reform, recruitment agencies and organisations paid the price for their lack of…
Contractors don’t need employment rights, but situations do arise where a long-term relationship between a contractor and a client starts…
Control has always been one of the key tests in determining IR35 status, set out in the case of Ready…
The use of a fully compliant umbrella company would have headed off what unions are celebrating as the first successful bogus…
As a contractor, there are two ways in which you can operate: through a PAYE umbrella or your own limited…
The IR35 enquiry into the tax affairs of Christa Ackroyd Media (CAM) Ltd started in 2011 and culminated in a First-tier Tribunal…
A lack of detail has undone an advert by a contractor loan scheme provider who directly targeted IT contractors with…
Employment Status Consultation Launched Last year the Taylor Report – ‘Review of Modern Working Practices’, suggested a number of improvements…
Protracted payment times to contractors is leading the pack of red flags that should have been spotted before Carillion collapsed…
The latest Companies House data revealed a 10.5% drop in the number of UK business formations in 2017 – a…
On its release in March 2017 – just weeks before public sector IR35 reform was introduced – the UK contracting…
As the 2017 Self-Assessment tax return deadline looms closer, HMRC have published a whimsical yet timely reminder to taxpayers to…
Running a small company risks being stigmatised unless the taxman can ‘go granular’ in his charge that such non-large businesses…
Stamp duty and the EIS – not obvious bedfellows that always affect contractors, but already ‘hot’ contenders for inclusion in…
The NHS ‘crisis’ has been reported heavily in the press of late. Twenty hospitals have declared themselves to be in…
An HMRC Self-Assessment enquiry can be a stressful and potentially costly experience, with tax penalties for individuals whom HMRC successfully…
As contractors, recruiters and employers focus on 2018 – a year in which many expect an announcement on private sector…
Despite an announcement in the November Budget which suggests that IR35 reform will not be introduced in 2018 as first…
There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets done (hopefully with the help of Speedy). If you’re in…
There’s more to a successful contract than getting your timesheets done (hopefully with the help of Speedy). If you’re in…
2017 has been an eventful year with regards to IR35. At a glance, confusion defined the lead up to April…
To exploit unused personal tax allowances, contractors running their own limited company and whose contracts are outside IR35 have often maximised…
The tax system only recognises two types of employment status i.e. employee or sel-employed, whereas employment law also tips its…
It is widely predicted that in time the responsibility for setting the employment status of private sector contractors will be…
It is now eight months since the introduction of the new public sector rules for IR35 which should be a…
With Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget speech finally delivered and IR35 reform in the private sector somewhat delayed, contractors can breathe…
The key contents of the average umbrella company worker’s payslip have changed in recent years and it’s vitally important that…
With Christmas just around the corner and invites to social gatherings coming in, it is important for contractors to ensure…
One very significant, but perhaps overlooked development in the Budget was the news that the Government plans to review complex…
It’s interesting to see that most people in the contractor industry favour simply carrying on -- as you were before…
A vow to consult on extending IR35 reforms to the private sector -- following their April launch in the public…
“The thing that's wrong with the French is that they don't have a word for entrepreneur.” Whether or not it’s…
From still problematic Universal Credit, to the delayed introduction of Making tax Digital, and -- who could forget – changes…
The build-up to Autumn Budget 2017 is still being dominated by speculation over whether April’s IR35 reforms will be extended to…
The way we work has changed, why hasn’t the training tax regime? Industry-specific skills and qualifications are a gateway to…
The NHS has lost roughly a quarter of its locum workforce in a matter of months, with doctors, nurses, allied…
With the impending Autumn Budget speech getting ever closer on 22 November 2017, talk of IR 35 reform being introduced into the…
A fortnight in which the Treasury dropped their biggest hint yet that IR35 reform will be extended to the private…
Contractors should not be disadvantaged by the tax system if they stop being a limited company, turn sole trader and…
The Government recently responded to a question put forward by Conservative MP Jeremy Quin, concerning the effects on compliance within…
Individuals with undeclared UK tax liabilities relating to offshore interests should settle their affairs by September 30th 2018 or prepare for…
What HMRC doesn’t get about IR35 reform If it wasn’t obvious enough in the recently published IR35 Forum Minutes that HMRC…
Back in July of this year, the government announced that the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) would be delayed…
Measures that respond to the IR35 changes in the public sector are increasingly expected by advisers to contractors at Autumn…
With the tax differential between limited company owners and traditional workers substantially reduced due to successive dividend tax hikes, why…
A personal service company is not primarily chosen by individuals because it is a mechanism to avoid tax. Pick up a copy of…
The IR35 reforms that have hampered the public sector look set to be extended into the private sector, and the…
British contractors working abroad are coming under closer scrutiny from HMRC, as it has more than doubled its requests for…
Contractors have 24 hours to feedback on “wider” contractual requirements under the GDRP, to be put in place between those…
Public sector organisations are shouldering the costs of recent changes to legislation around ‘Off-Payroll’ working. That is according to the…
The build-up was quite monumental, but prime minister Theresa May’s Florence speech offered only a few clues as to what the…
A defence of people who go into business to make profit has been sounded by the chancellor, in a vindication…
Recent and potential IR35 changes now mean the threat of being caught by this particularly unpopular tax legislation has ramped…
New legal tests to establish the employment status of workers should be drawn up, alongside the ‘dependent contractor’ category proposed…
A raft of existing and future measures that take the gloss off limited company usage is cause to keep Disincorporation…
Most contractors will have their contract with the agency reviewed for IR35 purposes, but the upper level contract is often forgotten…
Speaking at the recent Trade Union Congress, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn criticised the thousands of UK companies which engage workers…
Philip Hammond has announced that Autumn Budget 2017 will be delivered on Wednesday November 22nd. Confirming the date in the unusual…
World Trade Centre Transportation Hub What’s $1.8 billion in cost overruns? In March 2016, all of New York City…
Philip Hammond has been let off being chancellor at a time when his government has published a Finance Bill that…
For many years, flexibility has been one of the UK economy’s main competitive advantages. And particularly with Brexit on the…
A new offence of Failing to Prevent the facilitation of Tax Evasion comes into force on Saturday September 30th 2017. …
Arguably, the IR35 legislation's biggest downfall lies in its complexity. And given the boundaries between what constitutes as inside IR35…
A European Court of Human Rights judgement has bolstered the rights of employees to have a significant degree of privacy…
Government projects and public services are in dire straits following the reforms to IR35 in the public sector. A survey…
Speedy thought it would put together some helpful tips for those considering entering the world of contracting 1. Your skills…
The most sharply-worded appeal yet for an outright ban on umbrella companies has been sounded -- this time to the NHS.…
Mutuality of Obligation (MOO) seems to be the black sheep of the three key status tests. It’s ambiguity and HMRC’s…
Yet another successful employment rights claim It would not be surprising if there was a queue of self-employed couriers and…
Tax body respond to call for evidence Back in May of this year, the Treasury issued a consultation document, ‘Taxation of…
How to Set Up a Limited Company So you’ve decided to take the plunge and become a fully-fledged director…
The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) recently published its recommendations for making corporation tax (C.T) easier in its report, ‘Simplification…
Speculation about how Brexit will impact the UK’s intellectual property regime -- a source of both protection and confusion for contractors -- has…
Readily accessible evidence has long been the key to quickly closing down an investigation by HMRC into your IR35 status.…
The government has confirmed what those in the technology sector were told to expect – that Britain’s exit from the EU will…
From 2017, any organisation that has 250 or more employees must publish and report specific figures about their gender pay…
Tax is probably far from most contractors’ minds as the summer holidays get underway and many attempting to steal…
In a week when the deadline for Making Tax Digital (MTD) was sensibly delayed until April 2020, giving the self-employed…
Claims by officials that the mounting cost of providing tax relief on unreimbursed expenses is grounds to tighten the rules…
Reassurances from Matthew Taylor after his modern work review that its proposals will not harm bonafide contractors do not appear to…
A blueprint for a ‘contractor-friendly’ tax system has been handed to Theresa May’s new minority government and its DUP backers.…
A ‘contractor-centric’ set of recommendations has been put forward in the Taylor Review. The nine-month probe into the ‘gig-economy’ and…
Given that it began with payments being made in 2001, the 16-year-saga that is the Rangers case is remarkable for ending…
Employers will reportedly have to prove their workers can earn above the minimum wage under proposals to be unveiled in…
Some government departments lost up to 40% of their IT contractors as a result of changes to IR35 tax rules introduced…
Seemingly small tweaks to Entrepreneur's Relief will actually wipe £1.5billion off the value of the tax break contractors use when…
A new 2017 first tier Tax Tribunal case makes for (very) interesting reading, as regards HMRC’s interpretation of case law and…
They say a week’s a long time in politics. Eighteen days must therefore be a lifetime -- it feels…
Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong and South Korea – these were the four Asian tigers. Four Economies in East Asia which…
Despite Brexit, the UK Government has indicated that it will implement the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) which will…
Any hopes among limited company contractors that the Tory architect of the much-disliked plan to cut the dividend allowance will lose his job…
The directors of an umbrella company who swindled £45million have been jailed for a total of almost three decades in…
On 26 June 2017 changes will be made to UK anti-money laundering measures to help prevent money laundering and…
A limited company IT contractor is taking the unprecedented step of seeking donations to help fund a £360,000 legal challenge…
With the UK parliamentary election taking place today Speedy has decided to look at some of the interesting aspects of…
Questions about employment status are arising across new and old industries – while the platform economy is small (but growing),…
Labour would deliver a special “summer budget” if it wins this Thursday’s general election, allowing the party to put its tax…
Most small businesses have to deal, at one time or another, with the problem of late payment. It's an awkward…
After many months of anticipation leading up to April 6th, along with a frantic few weeks before the controversial IR35 changes officially hit…
Each Party has now launched its manifesto for the General Election come June 8th this year. Speedy took a look…
The Labour party will shut down and outlaw all umbrella companies if it is elected on June 8th. In…
Your future as a limited (or umbrella) company IT contractor The current points-based immigration system, which the UK applies to…
Last month’s announcement by Theresa May that a general election is to be held on June 8th could be the starting gun…
Deliveroo, the take-away delivery company that relies upon 15,000 self-employed couriers, has responded to pressure from Parliament by revising and…
The unpopular Making Tax Digital scheme was omitted from an 80% shorter than originally proposed Finance Bill 2017.Its omission hints at governmental concerns…
Making Tax Digital (MTD) is another measure set to affect contractors which should be put on ice until after the election,…
A general election in under 50 days’ time affords too small a window for complex changes to IR35 to be fully scrutinised…
With a 'dead-eyed' Theresa May announcing on Tuesday that the UK is once again set to head to the polls we…
An independent analysis of how much reporting to the taxman at least quarterly will cost the average business has come…
Orginally published in BusinessMattersNew analysis shows that the number of self-employed workers in the UK has increased from 3.8 million…
Villains guilty of exploiting workers. Middle-men pirating off the backs of professionals. It might come as a surprise if you…
Just 4% of UK contractors believe agencies and public sector prepared for 6th AprilWith only a week before the IR35…
Budget 2017 conceding that one-man bands whose turnover is below the VAT limit can have an extra year before Maxing…
Attempts to force contractors into PAYE arrangements haven’t all gone to plan. There are various ways in which contractors have…
The words “reasonable care” have been parachuted into this week’s final tax legislation for IR35 in the public sector.It means…
Public sector projects are under threat as more clients, agencies and providers lose trust in HMRC’s flawed Employment Status Service…
An intervention by prime minister Theresa May due to an outcry over chancellor Philip Hammond’s Budget plan to raise NIC…
Tax specialists have raised the prospect of Philip Hammond using Budget 2017 to extend the public sector’s off-payroll rules to the private sector.It is…
Public sector contractors must take urgent action to ensure they don’t become caught by IR35 and a damaging tax hit…
Why the Apprenticeship Levy isn’t just an Umbrella Contractor’s problemIt might not top their list of concerns in light of…
If you’re contracting in the public sector it is now incumbent upon you to act fast to renegotiate contracts with…
Presently, come April 2017, public sector clients will be given the responsibility of assessing the employment status of any contractors…
With the deadline for tax returns just a day away HMRC has published a list of the most ridiculous expenses…
Read the newspaper and one could be forgiven for thinking doom and economic gloom loom at every corner. Brexit and…
It was announced last week that Philip Hammond’s budget will take place on March 8th. It will be the Chancellor’s…
Making Tax Digital (MTD) - an ambitious initiative by HM Revenue & Customs which the government sees as producing “a…
Changes to the Flat Rate Scheme might not be the only Value Added Tax reform that contractors are forced to adapt to…
The public sector IR35 reforms have prompted widespread concern with their far reaching impact on clients, recruiters and contractors. If you’re…
Experts are predicting a public sector car crash after the draft legislation for the public sector IR35 reforms was published today. …
Creating a uniformly accepted definition of “self-employment” would provide certainty to a host of government reviews, says IPSE, including a…
Many of Speedy’s posts mention the term IR35. Whilst those in the contractor industry understand the term only too well…
An advisory to contractors whose tax arrangements are less straightforward than simple PAYE or PSC has described Philip Hammond’s Autumn Statement (AS)…
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has warned the UK about its plans to raise the National Living Wage. The…
IR35 shiftYesterday’s Autumn Statement was pretty much what had been predicted for contractors with public sector reform of IR35 set…
A cut in corporation tax looks set to be Autumn Statement 2016's most surprising and contractor-friendly announcement.In a speech to…
Sometimes the Autumn Statement can be a rather dull affair. Minor tweaks and a relative side show compared with the…
There is more bad news in the world of IT contracting with new data indicating the public sector could lose…
A recent survey amongst UK contractors found a deep level of resentment brought about by the Governments’ current attitude towards…
A ‘look-through’ system of taxation with the effect of making IR35 “redundant to a degree” has been taken off the…
Tax institutes call for delay to MTDResults of a survey of members of the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) and…
Article 50 repercussions for contractors ?With the High Court ruling on Wednesday 3 November changing the dynamics of the Article…
An index for measuring IT contractor demand has shown its highest numerical reading since March.This reassuring news goes in hand…
For the next few days there is likely to be little other news than that of the US Presidential Election. …
All IT contractors who are concerned about the changes to IR35 should be aware of the taxman’s recent ruling in…
Every so often a company comes along that challenges and sometimes upends traditional workplace norms. Increasingly the ride hailing app…
Increased financial reform may be on the cards if current whispers in Whitehall are anything to go by. The Financial…
Whilst we’d all like to think of ourselves as unrelenting productivity engines, even the best of us would admit that…
Expenses and your own limited company?If you’re a contractor working through your own limited company and are outside IR35 things…
With more and more people contracting (and with predictions that this will form a more permanent shift in our economy)…
It might seem that everytime you open the newspaper it’s the same thing, doom and Brexit gloom; Financial apocalypse and…
We at Speedy realise the world of IR35 can be a bit daunting. Conflicting advice along with ever changing regulations…
We’ve all seen the pictures of the google headquarters, ball pools, bean bags, chutes and all manner of quirky workplace…
Should you move from permanent work to becoming a Contractor - speedy looks into this for you. Becoming a Contractor Potentially take…
Arguably the best way for a government to stimulate economic growth is to simply stop legislating, stepping aside and allowing…
The structures that atypical workers such as contractors use are set to be scrutinised in a new review of modern…
Ten things you must know before becoming an entrepreneur 1. Cash Flow is your top priority It can be quite fun getting…
The consultation period and hence the chance for contractors to object directly to the taxman about the much criticised IR35…
No one likes their tax bill, in fact almost everyone would jump at a chance if they could find a…
The UK’s tax system is being made digital and as could be predicted this massive program of digitisation is causing…
With the launch of the iPhone 7 and many users updating to the latest operating system iOS 10 let's take…
Before we get into the plugin details. Let us first try and understand what WordPress is and why it is…
Philip Hammond, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, will deliver the Autumn Statement 2016 on Wednesday November 23rd. Announcing the date…
After an unexpected coronation by the Conservative Party in July Theresa May became Prime Minister of the UK. Despite some…
We all use google. One of the world's biggest companies we use it to search, email, browse the internet and…
Today the Institute of Fiscal Studies revealed the extent of the pay gap experienced by women who return to work…
Berlin senses opportunity in Brexit uncertaintyWhile contractors may only just be starting to consider the possible benefits and opportunities presented…
Brexit UpdateIt has now been 55 days since the plebiscite to decide the fate of the UK's membership within the…
When it comes to doing payroll are you loosing hours of productivity collating, calculating and deciphering manual timesheets? Try out Speedy and…
In difficult economic times jobs security can be uncertain, finding employment even tougher. Why not use the opportunity then to…
According to a recent study conducted by o2 business and the Centre for Economic and Business Research, since the 70s…
A London tribunal has begun to hear whether drivers for Uber are workers deserving of employment rights or are really…
Payrolling is international. No matter where you work throughout the world it is something every employer and worker needs to…
George Osborne has pledged to cut corporation tax to 15 per cent in a move designed to give Britain a…
The post-referendum fallout has sent shockwaves through the worlds of politics and finance with Britain’s future seeming distinctly unclear. There…
Proposed and recently introduced tax rules in the contractor sector should be axed or amended in light of Friday’s EU…
The outcome of today’s EU referendum could benefit contractors irrespective of whether Britain votes to leave or remain in the…
Today the EU referendum takes place, Thursday 23rd June 2016, across the UK What is happening? Today is your…
Brexit and contracting: should we stay or should we go? Contractors may still be unsure of their position on the…
IR 35 Consultation It might pose 16 questions but the main question contractors approaching the IR 35 Consultation will…
If you have any questions about Speedy Payrolls here are the answers! If you would like to know more just…
IT contractors told to reduce their fees or lose their contracts It has come to light that Citigroup, one of…
Contractors are not alone in being concerned about travel and subsistence expenses, despite the ‘SDC’ rules governing eligibility being almost…
The rumour mill is in full swing about changes relating to the Apple’s MacBook Pro line. According to Ming-Chi Kuo…
Research has revealed that last year HMRC collected £737.3m from investigations related to employer compliance, with the majority of these…
Insurance for contractors Contractor insurance is much like wearing a seatbelt, the chances of being involved in an accident…
Electronic timesheets are the future. More and more businesses are seeking to go paperless, operate online and store information on…
From April 6th 2016 the test for employment intermediaries to follow when concluding whether travel and subsistence (T&S) expenses can…
Robots are on the rise. No this isn’t the title to some b-movie science-fiction sequel but a reality across all…
Contractors still in favour of remaining in the EU The UK’s largest body of contractors has said more of its…
Despite what evidence your umbrella provides the HMRC will not accept this when determining SDC (supervision, direction or control) unless your…
Are You Sacrificing Your Salary? Since 2010 there has been a marked uptake in salary sacrifice, with the government reporting…
Can an umbrella contractor find someone to process their expenses in light of the new legislation on travel and subsistence…
As of April 6th 2016 legislation restricting T&S expenses for umbrella contractors becomes the law. Essentially, it seems the government…
PSC Consultation The Chancellor’s most recent budget signalled the intention to shift liability for tax and IR35 compliance of public…
The rules that currently govern tax relief for employee business journeys were last updated in 1998 and since then developments…
Tomorrow the Chancellor will unveil his much anticipated budget, his fourth major fiscal event in 12 months. He is expected…
The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has today released new data concerning the number of workers employed under a zero hours…
On April 6th of this year a new Scottish Rate of Income Tax (SRIT) will be introduced. This measure was…
Statutory sick pay (SSP) can be a bit of a headache for employers and payrollers’ alike: when to pay, how…
The UK construction industry has moved into a period of uncertainty, with activity in the sector falling to a ten…
The National Living Wage is a key policy announced by the conservative government in July 2015. It will see, in…
Automatic enrolment describes the new law whereby, if certain conditions are met an employer must automatically enrol workers in a…
Over the years the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become a dynamic hub for business and investment. With a welcoming…
The world of business is a fast paced and ever evolving environment. Each day brings a new challenge, a…
1. Procrastination It may seem obvious but one of the most important tips for enhancing productivity is to get started.…
A recent case in Glasgow has brought to light the little known danger surrounding the law relating to declaration of…
Today the Chancellor George Osbourne delivered his Autumn Statement. Whilst much press was given over to the U-turn on planned…
We are delighted to be providing Melt Cafe, in Glasgow's city Centre with our fully managed payroll service.
Speedy Contractor Solutions is being used by a number of Contractors working on the New Forth Crossing. We are delighted…
Does the new law on Zero hours contracts have any teeth? From 26 May 2015, a clause in a zero…
Statutory sick pay With effect from 6 April 2015, the standard rate of statutory sick pay (SSP) increases from £87.55…
We are delighted to be working with Arcman Energy, providing a timesheet and contractor management service for their team of…
As the Summer holidays approach, it may be worth checking how much holiday pay you are entitled to. The Law…
Workers without a fixed office can now include time spent to and from first and last appointments as working time??…
