The Government has published draft tax legislation which makes recruitment agencies liable for any unpaid tax by umbrella companies.

The UK's flagship infrastructure project, High Speed 2 (HS2), is once again under intense scrutiny. This week, The Guardian revealed that the railway's timeline has been pushed back beyond 2033, and ...

In the week that ITV announced it is making two hundred Daytime staff redundant in a bid to make cost savings, the company’s annual report and accounts for 2024 suggests that a £61m potential tax bill ...

Bryan Robson partially won the IR35 tax appeal against HMRC, highlighting that complex tax laws urgently need reform.

Labour's ambitious growth targets clash with tighter contractor regulations, as IR35 stays firm and umbrella companies face unprecedented scrutiny in 2025.

How will the Employment Rights Bill affect contractors? Martyn Valentine of The Law Place explains the likely impact.

The tax status case involving Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) returns to square one for a fifth hearing at the FTT.

HMRC has overturned the First-Tier Tribunal's decision in the IR35 case involving Stuart Barnes, the former rugby player and Sky Sports pundit.

In a bold move to empower the UK's 4.25 million self-employed workers, the Freelance Manifesto for Growth has been launched, calling on political parties to secure the votes of this vital sector of ...

In the fourth IR35 appeal by Atholl House Productions Limited involving broadcaster Kaye Adams, HMRC has failed again to prove Ms Adams was caught by IR35.

Crawford Temple is CEO of Professional Passport, the UK’s largest independent assessor of payment intermediary compliance. He claims HMRC must be held accountable for umbrella compliance failures The ...

A survey conducted by ContractorCalculator has uncovered alarming levels of non-compliance and a lack of worker protections within the umbrella industry. The findings paint a bleak picture of systemic ...