Editor | 2 December 2014
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The Chancellor, George Osborne, will tomorrow (Wednesday 3rd December 2014) deliver his annual Autumn Statement.

UCATT (Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians) have come in for criticism for their blanket policy of targeting umbrella companies and not understanding that it is actually the change in legislation that means many construction workers can no longer be treated as self-employed or paid through the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS).

The Government chose The National Freelancers Day to announce the appointment of David Morris MP as their Self-Employed Ambassador.

Part of the HM Treasury, The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS), has launched an Employment Status Review.

National Freelancer Day

National Freelancers Day (NFD 2014) is approaching and this year is happening on Wednesday, 19th November 2014.

Editor | 28 November 2014
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The world seems to have gone mad with what seems to the UK to be a relatively new phenomenon, Black Friday.

As a contractor you may well get invited by your end clients to join in their Christmas activities but as a contractor working through your own limited company there may be some tax breaks possible for holding your own.

If you are a contractor or freelancer working through your own limited company it can be useful to know that legislation exists to ensure that you, as a small or medium sized business (SME), are paid promptly for the work you perform.

From mid- November 2014 HMRC have simplified the processes for online filing of corporation tax returns and simple financial accounts for small businesses which they describe as micro-entities.

A proposal to introduce a special new type of limited company called a “Freelancer Limited Company” has been submitted to the Chancellor of Exchequer by The Association of Independent Professionals and Self-Employed the IPSE (formerly PCG – Professional  Contractors Group)

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