ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 17/Oct/2014
News this week covers: OTS tax competitiveness; self-employment; Irish contractor demand; CIOT warning over tax powers; and paper tax return deadline.
Contractors may benefit from OTS’s proposed tax competitiveness measures
Contractors look set to benefit should the Office of Tax Simplification’s (OTS) proposals to improve the UK’s tax competitiveness become adopted.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 9/Oct/2014
News this week covers: IR35 Forum; City hiring; contractor demand; IPSE petition; 15 for 2015 finalists; Parasol lobbies Labour; & HMRC scare tactics.
Contractors incorporate limited companies primarily to reduce risk, shows HMRC survey
Contractors choose to incorporate primarily to reduce risk, shows research by HMRC that fills knowledge gaps revealed during the Lords’ PSC inquiry.
HMRC’s IR35 Review to be published imminently, contractors learn from the IR35 Forum
Contractors should see HMRC’s IR35 Review published imminently, and the debate over the BETS intensifies, contractors learn from July’s IR35 Forum.
Contracting dominates the UK labour market, as contractor rates reach seven-year high
Contracting is outperforming all other sectors of the UK labour market as rates reach a seven-year high and contractor availability continues to fall.
ContractorCalculator Market Report October 2014
Contractor availability is under increasing pressure as demand for their services soars throughout the UK and across all core contracting disciplines.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief –3/Oct/2014
News this week covers: oil and gas skills shortages; ‘death tax’ abolished; IPSE’s NFD; increased client spend; and HMRC promises online tax accounts.
Oil and gas contractors can help meet acute onshore skills shortages in key roles
Oil and gas contractors are well positioned to ease the acute shortages of key onshore skills identified by the latest Oil & Gas UK Economic Report.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 26/Sept/2014
News this week covers: abolish BETs; overpaying tax & IR35 risk; devolved UK tax; Labour Party Conference; oil & gas prospects; and new EU VAT rules.
Contractors paying more tax than they should because of poor IR35 advice, says survey
Two in five contractors are paying more tax than they should by drawing salaries above the minimum, falsely believing that it helps their IR35 status.
Contract opportunities increase as clients use contractors to fill skills shortages
Contractors are increasingly being used by clients to meet strategic skills gaps, as employers can’t recruit enough permanent employees to fill roles.
IR35 Forum minutes: business entity tests aren’t working and should be abolished
The latest minutes of the IR35 Forum meeting held in May 2014 show that the business entity tests are not working as intended and should be abolished.
Contractors gain some certainty as the Scottish referendum rejects independence
Contractors will gain some certainty following Scotland’s decision to stay in the UK, however further devolution of powers such as tax is anticipated.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 19/Sept/2014
News this week covers: Scotland’s contract market; financial sector hours; self-employment increase; IPSE survey; HMRC targets; and new FCSA member.
Contractors in the financial sector benefit from flexible working, despite long hours
Financial contractors often work well over their contracted hours but benefit from flexible working conditions, shows a new survey by Morgan McKinley.
Engineering and construction contract opportunities in Scotland increase sharply
Engineering & construction contractors leap into first place in Scotland’s contractor demand league table during August, as vacancies see sharp rise.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 12/Sept/2014
News this week covers: IPSE manifesto; contractor and interim demand; HMRC targets landlords; oil & gas prospects; German contracting; and RTI fines.
Contractors should be working in a ‘microbusiness utopia’, proposes IPSE’s manifesto
Contractors should benefit from utopian measures such as their own minister, tax reform and new IR35-exempt trading structures, says IPSE’s manifesto.
Contractor vacancy growth reaches 16-year high, driven by regional demand
Contractor vacancies grew at the fastest rate since May 1998 during August, with the English regions leading recruitment growth as City hiring falls.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 05/Sept/2014
News this week covers: PCG becomes IPSE; oil & gas prospects; latest WEF report; local authority contracts; IT recruitment growth; & Autumn Statement.
Contracting abroad: the most attractive contracting destinations according to the WEF
Contractors can use the Global Competitiveness Report 2014-15 by the World Economic Forum to identify the most attractive contracting destinations.
ContractorCalculator Market Report September 2014
Contractor availability is falling in most core disciplines, with skills shortages turning the contracting sector into a candidate-led market.
Contractors to benefit from a “louder, stronger voice” as PCG rebrands to IPSE
Contractors will be “impossible to ignore” with a “louder…voice”, as PCG rebrands to the Association of Independent Professionals and Self-Employed.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 29/Aug/2014
News this week covers: economic growth generates contracts; Scotland’s tax laws; construction skills shortages; ISO9001 survey; & HMRC payroll fines.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 21/Aug/2014
News this week covers: contractor demand in Scotland; skills development; self-employment high; African oil & gas contracts; EBTs; and tax credits.
Contractors must develop in-demand niche skills to avoid damaging their prospects
Contractors who have not invested in developing niche, in-demand skills risk being dropped by their contracting agencies, shows a new Parasol survey.
Contractors with key strategic, technical and engineering skills in greatest demand
Contractors who have key strategic, technical and engineering skills are forecast to have the greatest contract opportunities in the next 12 months.
Contractor availability in Scotland at ten-year low, demand at seven-year high
Contractor availability in Scotland fell at the fastest rate in ten years, with demand for contractors increasing at the fastest pace in seven years.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 15/Aug/2014
News this week covers: contractor demand soars; self-employment growth; public sector contractors; IHT payouts pre-death; OTS; & construction growth.
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