Freelancing News
Freelancers write-off IR35 reform as ‘unmanageable’
Regardless of what clients put in place, changing IR35 is a non-starter for most freelance company owners.
Apr 12, 2018 | Freelancing NewsUnfair freelancer payment terms to cost state suppliers
Officials threaten outsourcers over their treatment of self-employed subcontractors.
Apr 12, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelance groups unveil 10-point manifesto
The government is ready to listen, so the self-employed’s supporters are filling its ear.
Apr 11, 2018 | Freelancing News‘Freedom to innovate’ gives freelancers a buzz
Study finds the happiness which the self-employed feel can’t be emulated by staff.
Apr 9, 2018 | Freelancing NewsHMRC ‘learning the lessons’ of reforming IR35
Taxman hints he’s using his experience in the public sector to change IR35 in the private sector.
Apr 6, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employed alerted to new NIC rates for 2018/19
Changes to how much freelancers will pay in Class 2 and Class 4 are imminent.
Apr 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsMinisters fund creative sector deal with £150m
Creatives and officials sound less than unified about what their new partnership signifies.
Apr 4, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Should I leave a short contract off my CV?
Knowing what to leave off your CV is as important as knowing what to put on.
Mar 29, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreatives back Brexit implementation period agreement
‘Much-needed certainty’ for creative firms embraced, thanks to a deal lasting until 2020.
Mar 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers' Questions: Will the recruiter weigh in if I ignore off-payroll rules?
Freelancer’s Question: Are my public sector colleagues correct to say that a freelancer running their own limited company can just carry on and ignore the off-payroll regime? Or will it fall to my agency to tell me the status of my contract, in terms of its exposure to IR35?
Mar 27, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBBC ‘bullied presenters into becoming freelance companies'
As a radio host’s anguish leads to her attempted suicide, the BBC takes action.
Mar 26, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBBC presenters mock ‘ridiculous’ CEST
The IR35 digital tool acquired comic status at yesterday’s select committee.
Mar 21, 2018 | Freelancing NewsIR35 consultation delay puts April 2019 start in doubt
Growing consensus is that April 2020 is when IR35 is much more likely to change.
Mar 20, 2018 | Freelancing NewsBritain’s creative digital exports come in at £21bn
Freelancers contributing to a space now behind 70% of all creative services exports.
Mar 16, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSpring Statement seen as supporting self-employed
Chancellor credited with boosting the freelance economy -- in the long-term.
Mar 14, 2018 | Freelancing NewsTwice as many self-employed mothers than in 2008
Ahead of today’s Spring Statement, officials are urged to support mums who freelance.
Mar 13, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers must keep confident and carry on, despite the Ackroyd case
The taxman’s IR35 win at the BBC shouldn’t scare the genuinely self-employed.
Mar 12, 2018 | Freelancing NewsExperts fail to fathom HMRC’s new penalty idea
A body of tax experts says it cannot fathom a new proposal for a 2.5 per cent tax-geared penalty for slightly late payments to HMRC.
Mar 8, 2018 | Freelancing NewsWhy BBC presenter Christa Ackroyd’s inside-IR35 status stood
An expert analysis of how a PSC at BBC News made headlines that neither party will have wanted.
Mar 6, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCreative industries body backs May’s Brexit speech
‘Good but could do better on the detail, especially around the self-employed.’
Mar 5, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Is the Blakely case really a ‘game-changer’?
'Writing is on the wall for brollies -- HMRC holds the paintbrush, and BEIS the ladder.'
Mar 2, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancers’ Questions: Should I agree to give a client progress reports?
A monthly round-up is better for your stress (and status) than a ‘tracking log.’
Feb 28, 2018 | Freelancing NewsPipefitter 'only a worker due to parasitical brolly'
A real umbrella company would have thwarted a first of its kind bogus self-employment case.
Feb 26, 2018 | Freelancing News‘First step’ to give freelancers shared parental leave taken
MP puts freelance parents at the heart of a bill to block-share maternity allowance.
Feb 23, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancing body warns of two-year pay freeze
Profits squeeze predicted -- except for a small band of associate professionals.
Feb 21, 2018 | Freelancing News‘Victimised’ BBC presenter loses IR35 appeal
A ‘life-changing’ tax debt faces a media veteran who says she’s a scapegoat.
Feb 16, 2018 | Freelancing NewsFreelancer confidence falls again as pressures rise
Feeling the squeeze amid uncertainty, freelancers feel up against it on multiple fronts.
Feb 15, 2018 | Freelancing NewsVow not to raise self-employed NICs divides business groups
‘Watershed moment’ or ‘wasted opportunity’? Freelancers’ supporters clash over a promise not to hike Class 4.
Feb 14, 2018 | Freelancing NewsCall to extend shared parental leave to freelancers
New parents who work for themselves need flexible childcare the most -- IPSE.
Feb 13, 2018 | Freelancing NewsMinisters agree to make vast changes to freelance work
Almost all the Taylor Review gets accepted, much to the approval of freelance groups.
Feb 9, 2018 | Freelancing News
