Offshore tax evaders in line for tough penalties
In his Pre Budget Report last week, the Chancellor outlined further plans to clamp down on individuals who utilise offshore bank accounts in an attempt to bypass the UK tax system.
View ArticleBudget? What Budget?
There was quite a lot of minor change in the Budget, and we should praise the intention to focus on helping businesses with a raft of measures, but for us one man consultancy companies there was...
View ArticleMotion vs. progress?
Usually I find one thing to talk about each week; even in the depths of the silly season there is something relevant to freelancing worth trying to write a few hundred words about. This week, for some...
View ArticleIR35 – a slap in the face? Well, no, not really
My blog for June last year was commenting on the first budget of the new Coalition government. It got a cautious welcome from me – which they no doubt appreciated greatly – and while the overall news...
View ArticleSo when is a business not a business?
That is a question that’s been exercising me and a few like-minded souls over the last week. And this existential philosophising has been prompted by the planned creation of the IR35 Forum, which aims...
View ArticleAgency Workers Directive – what ever happened to “simplification”?
The final form of the guidance for the upcoming Agency Workers Directive has been published. This has not been the subject of any great debate so far, but it does have the capacity to really shake up...
View ArticleAre contractor accountants confused by tax avoidance policies?
The Finance Bill (2010) has laid down specific provisions for MPs regarding tax avoidance, although one tax expert says there is no obvious reason why this should occur.
View ArticleFigures on IR35 DO exist. So who’s kidding who?
As well as being technically proficient, independently minded and a bit intolerant of rigid work patterns, we’re also a tolerant bunch, us contractors. You kind of get used to having to dig out the...
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