Ahead of Rachel Reeves' Autumn Budget 2025 on 26 November, ContractorUK brings together analysis and reaction from across the contracting sector.

As the government continues to flatter IR35, the data needed to truly gauge the full, detrimental impact of the HMRC rules is conveniently not being disclosed.

The “interesting” case of the nurse who won at the ET, but who’s now lost at the EAT, contains some key admissions for Labour, as well.

If you're a contractor thinking about closing your limited company, Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) can make a big difference to how much tax you'll pay to HMRC. Lifting the lid on how BADR ...

You may have noticed, HMRC is on a roll. Revenue & Customs seems to be winning all its recent IR35 tribunals and, in the main, doing so emphatically. Several cases have made their way to the Upper ...

The Intermediaries legislation of 2000 has made life ‘very, very difficult’ for contractors, so it too would be abolished ...

The taxman has 14 million reasons to feel like he’s come out on top, even if it is wooden dollars which changed hands four ...

Before IT contractors can explore the depreciation period and rate for their staple items – business laptops and computers, let’s start with some fundamentals like what is depreciation and who decides ...

The Statutory Residence Test (SRT) allows contractors and other individuals to determine residence status for a tax year, writes Kevin Austin, managing director of Access Financial. Each tax year is ...

The "sunnier outlook" among UK hirers in July 2025 may be starting to shine on IT contractors too, despite rays of growth in August 2025 remaining elusive. According to agency staffing body the REC, ...