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Contractors face tax chaos after IR35 ruling
News The current legal challenge to the controversial IR35 tax rules may only affect IT contractors, though the ruling affects many other groups of self-employed contractors. The Professional... [15 Mar 2001]
Contractors banking on City payday
News One in four IT contractors now works in banking - and with the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) and more mergers on the way there is likely to be continued demand this year. A survey of 2,500... [03 Jan 2007]
Contractors take IR35 challenge to UK High Court
News The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has raised half a million pounds to fund a legal challenge to the UK government in the High Court this week, over its IR35 legislation. IR35 closes what the government claimed was... [26 Jun 2000]
Contractors: In it for the money
News Contractors listed rates paid for work as the number one reason why they might work for an agency, in the poll conducted by online IT contractors agency eVirtualCompany, in association with... [02 Mar 2001]
Contractors eager to sharpen skills
News IT contractors are more concerned about buffing up their skills than they were last year. Skills development is now the second most important consideration for IT contractors - along with work-life... [25 Jan 2007]
Contractors sneaked in via the stationery cupboard
News While the money hasn't always been available for temp staff and contractors during widespread recruitment freezes many companies have found a way to raise a little extra cash for necessary skills and staff when needed,... [29 Mar 2004]
Contractors force taxman to rewrite the rulebook
News While the Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has forced the Inland Revenue to alter the guidelines which accompany the legislation, the victory was not complete: it failed in its ultimate aim to prove that IR35... [02 Apr 2001]
Recession? What recession? Contractors' salaries jump again
News IT contractors' salaries have risen sharply in the last year despite many such workers claiming they're experiencing the worst downturn in years. In one of the most surprising findings of silicon.com's annual Skills... [11 Mar 2002]
Contractors choose lifestyle over money
News Lifestyle and flexible working benefits are the most important factors influencing IT staff to go freelance as contractors. More than a third (37 per cent) of 2,000 IT contractors quizzed by accounting... [20 Nov 2007]
IR35: Contractors offered way out
News Contractors are being offered the chance to insure themselves against any negative financial after-shocks the controversial IR35 legislation might create. The Professional Contractors Group has created a... [24 May 2001]
IR35: Contractors take the tax man to court
News IR35, introduced on 6 April 2000, is supposed to close a loop hole used by IT contractors setting up limited companies to avoid paying full levels of tax and National Insurance contributions. He said: "The big problem... [13 Mar 2001]
IT contractors head overseas to escape UK government
News Despite government claims that the UK is the best place to work, contractors appear unconvinced with many looking overseas and others looking to full-time positions to escape heavy taxation and unfavourable conditions. [29 Mar 2004]
IT contractors earn more by opting out of new law
News IT contractors can get higher hourly rates by allowing employment agencies to charge fees to companies who want to hire the contractor on a full-time basis or hire the contractor from another agency. This indicates there... [03 Aug 2004]
Scottish bank to pay £100m for Spring contractors
News The UK's largest IT recruitment specialist is to use its national network to provide the bank, rumoured to be the Royal Bank of Scotland, with IT contractors for its extensive network of subsidiaries. [05 Feb 2004]
5 years ago... IT contractors lobby Lords on tax law
News But David Ramsden, director of the Professional Contractors Group (PCG), believes this is a serious underestimate: "The effect of IR35 could be disastrous. Contractors fought the legislation which they... [10 Jun 2004]
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