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Freelancers' 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 NewsCash no longer king for creatives
Money isn’t talking (as loud) to creative types, who now crave flexible hours.
Mar 23, 2018 | Freelancing NewsSelf-employment stabilising welcomed
The age-old appeal of ‘going it alone’ is consistently resonating with 15% of the workforce.
Mar 22, 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 NewsTaxman to take VAT Flat Rate Scheme questions
Webinar will demystify last year’s still hazy changes to a VAT simplification scheme.
Mar 19, 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 NewsUnpaid freelancers urged to ‘check, chase, choose’
The Small Business Commissioner issues his first advice since being appointed.
Mar 9, 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 NewsPR firm forced to remove ‘misleading’ advert
Watchdog pounces on getting your employee to endorse you using their ex-employer’s name.
Mar 1, 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 NewsHow to Use the Internet to Build Freelance Professionalism
The internet has become integral to the way business is conducted, and freelance business is no different. In order to stay competitive, freelancers must use the internet to advertise, reach out to clients, and even to keep their own working environment running smoothly.
Feb 27, 2018 | Running Your BusinessPipefitter '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 NewsFreelancers’ confidence wobble confirmed
Second study finds financial issues dragging on self-employed people’s optimism.Second study finds financial issues dragging on self-employed people’s optimism.
Feb 22, 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 NewsOnline tax appeals show higher success rate
Contesting the taxman’s claims digitally has the edge over doing it manually.
Feb 20, 2018 | Freelancing NewsMore staff than last year looking to ‘go it alone’
Freelancers will see new entrants in the self-employed sector -- albeit not yet.
Feb 19, 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 NewsFreelancers' Questions: Is my overtime rate being unfairly calculated?
‘Don’t get hung up on how your agent tots up time-and-a- half, or do and find another.’
Feb 12, 2018 | Money News