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Digital platform reporting rules: an IT contractor’s guide
HMRC reporting rules for digital platforms are a must-know for IT contractors using PeoplePerHour, Upwork and the like. LITRG tells us why, exclusively. … [more]
Can you claim the cost of food and meals as a limited company expense?
It is simple enough to ask whether food and meals can be accounted for as expenses in a limited company’s accounts, and the short answer is that sometimes they can. … [more]
How Capital Gains Tax (CGT) works – a guide for contractors
Capital Gains Tax is charged when you sell or dispose of an asset which has grown in value and you have made a profit from the sale. Here we look at how the CGT rules work in practice. … [more]
HMRC’s umbrella director indemnity tip to agencies falls a bit flat
Despite being ‘with good reason,’ the Revenue’s recommendation that brolly bosses ‘put their house on the line’ isn’t being widely signed off. … [more]
What Keir Starmer’s mortgages remark means for contractors
‘This shouldn’t be a country where people pay thousands more on a mortgage’ -- decoded for contractors, ahead of Autumn Budget 2024. … [more]
A guide to Business Asset Disposal Relief – while it still exists
An accountant to contractors shares possibly time-sensitive tips on the two top ways to close a solvent limited company. … [more]
Reeves’ vow to cap corporation tax at 25% gives rise to small profits rate fears
Talk from the new chancellor of a maximum rate for the duration of the parliament sounds anything but cheap. … [more]
Guide to salary sacrifice for umbrella company contractors
Salary sacrifice is a popular option for contractors who want to reduce their taxable income while gaining access to non-cash benefits. It is mainly used to make tax-efficient pension contributions. … [more]
Major job boards for IT contractors ‘advertising salaried jobs below National Minimum Wage’
The TUC is accusing Reed, Indeed and CV-Library of posting salaried roles that appear to flout National Minimum Wage legislation. … [more]
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