IT contractor demand edges up despite 'January lockdown effect'

Demand for IT contractors managed to keep growing throughout January 2021, despite the UK starting the new year on a national lockdown.

IR35 advisers 'not holding their breath' about public sector IR35 research

Advisers on IR35 admit they aren’t holding their breath that HMRC’s impending public sector off-payroll research will say anything significant.

Revealed: The key off-payroll scenarios facing contractors in this new (IR35) world

Now is the time to stop and consider all the different off-payroll-related scenarios you may face as a contractor in 2021

HMRC’s 'fear-inducing' IR35 enforcement paper belies 'light touch' vow

IR35 advisers are split between ‘better late than never’ and ‘too little too late,’ in their reception of a new, tough-sounding HMRC off-payroll paper on April 6th enforcement.

Why retrospective IR35 investigations will remain a threat to contractors

We’re now just seven weeks away from the introduction of IR35 reform in the private sector – arguably one of the most anticipated moments in the IR35 legislation’s controversial lifetime, writes Seb Maley, chief executive of status advisory Qdos.