by ClearwaysAccountants | Aug 13, 2014 | Contractor, Freelancer, Self Employment, Tax Tips
Have you been asked by your agency to transfer to their umbrella company or set-up your own Limited company? Do you want to know why? In this year’s Finance Act the government changed the legislation for people who are self-employed and working through an...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jun 22, 2014 | Contractor, Self Employment, Small business advice
New rules are included in the Finance Bill 2014, going through Parliament at the moment to stop Non-UK umbrella companies avoiding national insurance and tax on their agency workers. Agencies based outside of the UK with no presence in the UK may not be liable for...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jun 15, 2014 | Contractor, Self Employment, Small business advice
HMRC consider the building trade to be a target of the broader “false” self-employment rules. By expanding the definition of personal service to “personally involved in the provision of services” many contractors and sub-contractors may be...
by ClearwaysAccountants | Jun 8, 2014 | Freelancer, Self Employment, Small business advice
Are you working as self-employed through an agency? The Government dislikes self-employment generally as anyone who is self-employed can claim business and household expenses against income but they have decided that obtaining work through an agency is not...