Contractor demand growth slows in Scotland, but rates of pay increases sustained
Contractor demand growth in Scotland slowed during January 2014 but rates increased for the eleventh consecutive month, says the Bank of Scotland ROJ.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 14/Feb/2014
News this week covers: urgent Irish IT demand; online accountancy; HMRC dividend waiver win; Scottish referendum; and hiring prospects strengthen.
Online contractor accountancy increasingly mainstream, fuelled by new contractors
Online contractor accountancy is becoming increasingly mainstream, fuelled by a steady stream of new contractors, says inniAccounts’ James Poyser.
Engineering contractors top demand league table during January, shows ROJ
Demand for engineering contractors surged during January, as the category leapt five places from sixth to first compared to December’s Report on Jobs.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 07/Feb/2014
News this week covers: Poor IR35 ROI; PSCs not False Self-Employment target; contractor demand soars; and interims thrive in UK and mainland Europe.
Career change contractor shows how to transition between the clinical and IT worlds
IT contractor Sam Bailey, who started out as a psychiatric nurse, highlights the practicalities of transitioning between the private sector and NHS.
IR35 costs £700,000pa to administer, yet generates just £1m, admits HMRC
IR35 provides a return on investment to taxpayers of just £300k a year, according to HMRC evidence to the Lords Personal Service Companies inquiry.
ContractorCalculator Market Report – February 2014
Contractor demand across all core contracting disciplines continues to increase as the global economy recovers from the financial crisis.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 31/Jan/2014
News this week covers: Lords’ PSC inquiry; MP slams tax-avoidance arms race; tech growth; BBC off-payroll moves; and more firms challenge HMRC.
Lords’ PSC evidence increasingly polarised between vulnerable workers and contractors
Contractors and vulnerable workers are increasingly portrayed as two distinct groups in the Lord’ Personal Service Companies (PSC) inquiry evidence.
IR35 an “unnecessary complexity in an already unfriendly tax system”, Lords told
IR35 and its application by HMRC attracts strong criticism from contributors to the House of Lords’ Personal Service Companies (PSCs) inquiry.
Separating PSCs from other companies is an “impossible task”, shows Lords’ evidence
Contractor limited companies cannot be distinguished from other companies or product-based businesses, shows written evidence to the Lords’ inquiry.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 24/Jan/2014
News this week covers: False Self-Employment update; financial IT recovery; UK tax system unfit; lifestyle survey; and HMRC to hire IT contractors?
Contractors excluded from proposed False Self-Employment rules by technicality
Limited company and umbrella contractors are excluded from proposed False Self-Employment legislation through a tax technicality, explains Lawspeed.
HMRC places limited company contractors outside new False Self-Employment Legislation
Limited company contractors are not within the scope of the new False Self-Employment legislation proposals, shows Lawspeed its latest seminar.
The only way to fix IR35 is to make it irrelevant, ContractorCalculator tells peers
Fixing IR35 can only be achieved by merging NI and income tax to make it irrelevant, ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin tells the PSC inquiry.
Financial sector recovery in London and Edinburgh boosts contracting opportunities
Contractor demand growth continues in Scotland across all core disciplines, with evidence of a financial sector recovery in England and Scotland.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 16/Jan/2014
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry hots up; marketing plus oil and gas updates; and HMRC branded “whale surviving on tiny plankton”.
PSCs are undefinable and ‘disguised employment’ is nonsensical, Chaplin tells Lords
ContractorCalculator CEO Dave Chaplin tells peers in written evidence that there is no definition of what a personal service company actually is.
IR35 a “sticking plaster” on the tax system’s structural problem, witness tells Lords
IR35 is a “sticking plaster” on the UK tax system’s structural problems, says Amey’s tax head Robert Fort in the latest Lords’ PSC inquiry session.
HMRC discovers extra £75m of IR35 tax yield, according to Lords’ PSC inquiry evidence
EXCLUSIVE: HMRC has upped its estimate of IR35’s tax yield by £75m, from £475m in late November 2013 to £550m in early January 2014.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 10/Jan/2014
News this week covers: further Lords inquiry evidence; increased contractor hiring; contractor exports; Miliband AWR pledge; and PCG Moneybox event.
Contractor demand growth “sharpest in over 15 years”: REC/KPMG Report on Jobs
Contractor agency billings grew at the sharpest rate seen since July 1998, led by growth in IT, shows the REC/KPMG Report on Jobs for December 2013.
Contractors drive PSCs use and are hired short-term for their skills, Lords told
Contractors choose to work via limited companies and both private and public sector clients use them short-term for specialist skills, peers are told.
ContractorCalculator Market Report January 2014
Contractor demand shows no sign of slowing down, skills shortages are driving up rates and a shale gas development-led contract boom may be closer.
Contracting in 2014: experts predict what’s in store for contractors in the New Year
Contractors can look forward to a busy 2014 energised by shale gas, with skills shortages boosting demand and rates but IR35 and new legislation loom.
Contracting in 2013: IR35, PSC inquiry, false self-employment and economic recovery
Contracting in 2013 was a year dominated by IR35, green shoots of recovery and two late surprises: the Lords PSC inquiry and false self-employment.
ContractorCalculator: Contracting news in brief – 20/Dec/2013
News this week covers: Lords PSC inquiry; contractor demand updates; surge in self-employment; shale gas; PCG airport capacity call; & PAC slams HMRC.
Contracting experts clarify to Lords how contractors really work without avoiding tax
Contractors’ use of limited companies and agencies is just good business and not tax avoidance, Lords told in latest PSC inquiry evidence session.
“Dangerous” false self-employment proposals: PCG seeks clarity for contractors
PCG is “very concerned” about proposed false self-employment legislation, and is seeking clarity from HMRC, says PCG’s Andy Chamberlain.
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