FreelanceUK News
'Creativity' still has meaning in online job adverts, finds Nesta
It seems ubiquitous, but 'creativity' as a requirement isn't being diluted by baristas -- study.
Dec 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSelf-assessors warned on HMRC credit card ban
Early birds who last year dodged HMRC’s ‘customer-unfriendliness’ will now be caught too.
Dec 4, 2018 | Money NewsThree must-dos for freelancers who divvy, track and print
Tools of the trade have come a long way for the self-employed. Are you equipped for 2019?
Dec 3, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Why haven't I heard back from contracts I applied for?
Four issues can face freelancers who don’t hear back when they go forward for work.
Dec 2, 2018 | Freelancing NewsEnviable freelance jobs ‘tend not to pay big bucks’
Disconnect found between what’s lucrative as a freelancer and what’s alluring.
Nov 29, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Will my company hiring me as a sole trader nullify IR35?
'Taking yourself on via your own 'Ltd' as self-employed could come with heavier HMRC consequences.'
Nov 28, 2018 | IR35 NewsCreative industry bosses clash over Brexit withdrawal agreement
As creative groups, thinkers and advisers disagree, uncertainty seems to be the only certainty.
Nov 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsLords want digital tax accounts for small traders delayed
‘And even if MTD is postponed, small business owners must be persuaded not pushed.’
Nov 27, 2018 | Money NewsTreble bad! Freelance drummer hits HMRC for ‘rubbish’ hold music
Taxman’s jazzy jingle is so bad it drove a drummer back to his business mindset.
Nov 25, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Will I have to insure against a wrong outside IR35 decision?
Expert cautions a freelancer worried that agencies or clients might insist on cover by April 2020.
Nov 15, 2018 | IR35 / IR591Freelance body warns of ‘worrying labour trend’
Concern as unemployment’s first rise since January coincides with a 58,000 fall in freelancers.
Nov 15, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Will a partnership be immune to IR35 reform?
Strength in numbers via a LLP isn’t necessarily a cloak to keep HMRC off your back.
Nov 13, 2018 | IR35 NewsTaxman to talk Flat Rate VAT
The lowdown on going flat for VAT to go live tomorrow (and in December).
Nov 13, 2018 | Money NewsNew IR35 Forum minutes show CEST on the mend
On top of ‘refining’ reform, HMRC is now looking at ‘redrafting’ its MOO paper.
Nov 11, 2018 | IR35 NewsTraders’ unpaid VAT and corporation tax bills soar
HMRC not collecting record revenue amounts 'could drive people out of business.'
Nov 8, 2018 | Money NewsCulture secretary admits to not reading a newspaper
Jeremy Wright gives an audience of editors a splash he'll likely miss.
Nov 7, 2018 | Journalism NewsDelay or not on IR35 reform, the damage will be done
Forget giveth and taketh away, with 'Ltd' freelancers, this chancellor is all taketh.
Nov 6, 2018 | IR35 NewsCreatives' concern at Spring Statement reverting to a Budget
'Recognition of small suppliers is welcome, but reassurances might be vital.'
Nov 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsIR35 reform is Budget 2018's biggest revenue-raiser
Hammond’s IR35 haul to net more in a single year than any other measure in the entire Budget.
Nov 4, 2018 | IR35 NewsFreelancers £52 better off, at most, under Budget 2018
Only top earners get a half-decent monthly rise in income, and that’s not until 2019/20.
Nov 1, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Will my consultancies prove taxing from Italy?
Passports and rentals confuse a freelancer eying a bigger slice of life with his wife.
Nov 1, 2018 | Freelancing NewsAutumn Budget 2018 likely to leave most freelancers cold
Or annoyed, as the self-employed seem to be part funding two of the chancellor’s giveaways.
Oct 30, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBudget 2018: what freelancers can expect
Hammond raiding 'Ltd' freelancers looks likely, on top of the rash but realistic option of him reforming IR35.
Oct 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHammond urged to boost video games sector up a level
An important creative sector needs sustaining with an investment fund, chancellor told.
Oct 26, 2018 | Technology NewsBudget 2018 hailed as Hammond’s 'make or break'
Now or never for a chancellor under the cosh, including from the 'demoralised self-employed.'
Oct 24, 2018 | Freelancing NewsEU cities overrun in new co-working league table
Despite London’s dominance, much of Europe isn’t home to the top cities for collaborative work.
Oct 24, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHMRC delays mandatory digital VAT filing for 'complex' cases
April's deadline gets put back for some to October, just days after minister’s ‘no delay’ claim.
Oct 22, 2018 | Money NewsCreative media's pay-gap ‘at least half the size in temp jobs’
But the industry’s women are still 10% worse-off when doing the same work as men.
Oct 21, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHMRC wants to issue third-party data notices without having to ask
Taxman’s push to bypass ‘important’ safeguards on materials he’d like is being resisted.
Oct 19, 2018 | Money NewsFall in inflation 'unlikely to ease freelancers' financial fears'
September's cheaper prices may have merely moderated freelancers' financial anxiety levels.
Oct 18, 2018 | Money News