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

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.

He’s ‘not self-employed’ therefore he must be ‘a worker,’ said the Court of Appeal in the recent Pimlico Plumbers case., writes Adrian Marlowe, managing director of Lawspeed. In reaching this decision ...

For part one of a three-part series exploring the recruitment sector’s view of April’s off-payroll rules and their reform to IR35, ContractorUK quizzed Tim Jacob, commercial director of Rethink Group ...

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

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

The private sector IR35 reform proposal threatens to expose clients to the new corporate criminal evasion offence if they fail to ensure PSCs pay the "right amount" of tax, a law firm is warning.

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: ...

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.