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marketing | 2 April 2015
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The ongoing HMRC discussion into Travel and Subsistence for Temporary Workers working through Umbrella Companies raises the concept that is there could be a difference between a temporary worker and a contractor or freelancer and if there is should these have different tax treatment?

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.

It’s been a constant feature of our business pages and daily news bulletins, but the tearaway topic of shale shows no sign of slowing down. In the latest developments, the founder of leading scale adventurer Cuadrilla has announced his intention to explore potential shale deposits lying under the Irish Sea.

We are often asked which umbrella company will pay me the highest net pay (highest take home pay).

A glance around the UK’s media landscape reveals certain themes to the column inches and news clips we consume. In particular, the subject of pensions takes up a daily residency in our economic news diet.

Economic Index for Europe

At Umbrella we provide accountancy services for small owner managed limited companies and as part of this service we often act as the registered office making it easier for us to monitor Companies House and Tax Notices that require actioning.

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.

4Dm1n | 13 May 2014
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In the end the vote went down to the tiniest of margins, but earlier this year the Swiss people voted to bring back quotas to limit immigration into Switzerland from European Union countries.

editor | 6 August 2012
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If you are new to contracting a key part is obviously being able to find the best contracts for you. To help do this there are a number of iPhone applications (apps) that offer to help. 

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