When do you complete your self-assessment? In 2018 over 30,000 taxpayers submitted their self-assessments in the final hour before the deadline on 31st January. Almost 750,000 people missed the deadline altogether. It is advised that you avoid this busy period and complete your self-assessment before Christmas.
On Friday 30th November 2018, Churchill Knight & Associates Ltd hosted a breakfast seminar in Whitechapel, London, exclusively for recruitment professionals. We’ve already received some wonderful feedback and as a result, we’ll be looking to arrange similar mornings in the near future.
Christmastime is a great time to be rewarded for a year of hard work – and contractors can benefit too. Whether you’re a one-person limited company or a company with 50+ employees, you can claim for some Christmas party expenses to be exempt from tax and National Insurance (NI).
Private sector contractors’ right to decide their own IR35 status is being taken away from April 2020 when they are engaged by a medium or large-sized client and working through an intermediary such as a limited company. With these changes coming into effect, it’s good to know how end-clients and agencies may handle IR35 in such instances.
Chancellor Philip Hammond unveiled Budget 2018 on Monday 29 October 2018 – his last before Brexit. Overall, the reception to the Budget has been greeted with mixed emotions, but it is fair to say that some of the announcements are more positive than many predicted.
Read the latest updates on the 2019 Loan Charge and how contractors who previously used disguised remuneration schemes may be affected. Get the latest developments here.
Every year on 10th October, World Mental Health Day is observed to raise awareness of mental health issues and to highlight the importance of supporting mental health in all aspects of life. We discuss mental health with regards to how contractors, freelancers and self-employed professionals can be impacted.
We’ve had a lot of questions from recruitment consultants about the expected changes to off-payroll in the private sector. Nothing is set in stone yet, but before HMRC go ahead and make a decision, there are plenty of problems that need to be taken into account.
There has been plenty of debate over the past year over what would happen in the event of a ‘No Deal Brexit’. We discuss what this might mean for contractors, freelancers and the self-employed in the UK.
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has lost a major tribunal against Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) – the professional body representing over 30,000 amateur football referees in the English game.
