Contrary to dangerous assumptions, it’s end-clients who face joint and several liability for agency contractors’ PAYE/NIC debts, unless an umbrella company is involved.

Official or not, a delay to an arduous filing change for micro and small company directors is a U-turn we can all get behind.

FCSA says it’s legally reviewing a range of tax proposals, because it has found them wanting on fairness, proportionality, clarity and viability.

What steps contractors can take before their agency joins the hundreds going bust -- including ‘Top 10 hacks to survive staffing firms shutting down.’ ...

How a new concept and new definition are just some of the many changes due to shake-up umbrella company working as a contractor.

The taxman just turned down an opportunity to ‘help the contractor supply chain,’ on the grounds of risk, length and uncertainty.

The Employment Rights Bill (ERB) is partly to blame for a recovery in IT contractor demand being choked off in June. Publishing Report on Jobs, the REC spoke of “the threat of rising [employment] ...

The directors of an umbrella company who swindled £45million have been jailed for a total of almost three decades, in what is said to be the UK’s largest ever payroll fraud of its kind. Geoffrey, ...

The government has unveiled a largely expected legislative package to impose Joint & Several Liability (JSL) on the clients of umbrella companies. In a new Finance Bill 2025-26 note yesterday, HMT ...

Contractor UKSimon writes impartial news and engaging features for the contractor industry, covering, IR35, the loan charge and general tax and legislation. He also edits and commissions viewpoint ...

Finance Bill 2025-26 has been published, and for the contractor umbrella company industry, the legislation of importance has landed, writes Chris Bryce, CEO of the FCSA (Freelancer & Contractor ...