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First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

IT contractor skills - what's hot in 2013

As the half-way point of 2013 looms, ContractorUK asked leading IT recruiters to reveal the most sought-after contract IT skills so far this year; what computer specialisms are in demand at this very moment and which temporary IT skills will stay hot ... [Published Contractor UK - 9 hours ago]

Entities: User Experience Design, HTML5, IAAS, Virtualization, Project Management

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

Contractors' Questions: Can I bill website via company's expenses?

Contractor’s Question: In terms of what’s allowable in HMRC’s eyes, can I put the design and build expenses of my company website through the company, which I own? In the past, my company used a free website-builder but now I’ve invested some money to ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Tax Law, Taxes, Relativity

First reported Jun 17 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Contractors' Questions: What's in an IR35 contract review?

Contractor’s Question: Are contract reviews for IR35 purposes a bit like IR35 insurance, in that there is a basic/cheaper and advanced/pricey option? Am I right in thinking the basic would be carried out over email and the phone, whereas the advanced ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 17 2013]

Entities: IR35

First reported Jun 14 2013 - Updated Jun 15 2013 - 1 reports

Contractors' Questions: Should I mark invoices with 'R&D' for tax relief?

Contractor’s Question: I’ve been submitting invoices to a client for a year. He now wants me to edit the invoices to have itemised on them "R&D" because R&D work enables him to get tax relief. I’m happy to do this (I do software development work, and ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 14 2013]

Entities: Research & Development, Taxes, HM Revenue & Customs

First reported Jun 13 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

Big Data: How IT contractors can leverage it for their own ends

Big Data is one of the big buzzwords for 2013. It’s being described by McKinsey & Company as no less than the “next frontier for innovation, competition and productivity.”But it’s not just on the lips of consulting giants – in fact, everyone is talking ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 13 2013]

Entities: Hadoop, Big Data, Apache Hadoop, Cloudera Inc, MapReduce

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 13 2013 - 1 reports

IT contractor pay tipped to rise 7.5% in 2013

Pay for IT contractors could inflate by at least seven per cent in 2013, partly thanks to demand for temporary IT skills being higher throughout this year’s first quarter than in any month of 2012.Issuing the pay forecast, recruiter Jenrick IT said inflation-busting ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: Workers

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Contractors' Questions: How to fix paying repair man with company cheque?

Contractor’s Question: I have a query about expenses because the other day I needed to pay a sizeable sum of money for home maintenance. It was somewhat of an emergency repair, mainly to my boiler, and needed seeing to immediately.As I didn’t have cash ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes, Boiler

First reported Jun 12 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

IR35 Forum: main points for contractors

The main points of note for contractors from the latest IR35 Forum of April 29th are the following, writes Kate Cottrell, the only IR35 specialist who attended the meeting and the co-founder of employment status advisory Bauer & Cottrell.New HMRC IR35 ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]

Entities: IR35, HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 12 2013 - 1 reports

Tax penalties hit two in five umbrella contractors

At least one in three umbrella company contractors have received a penalty from HM Revenue & Customs, seemingly because of confusion over the department’s guidelines on tax and expenses.In a payroll firm’s survey of 2,000 contractors, 37 per cent said ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes, Workers, guidelines

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

IT contractor demand recovers from six-month low

Demand for computer contractors who use recruitment agencies revived in May to a level just shy of its 2012 peak, indicating that April’s drop in temporary IT billings was only a blip.In its latest monthly Report on Jobs, the Recruitment and Employment ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: Software Engineering, Unix, Software Development, Short Supply

First reported Jun 10 2013 - Updated Jun 10 2013 - 1 reports

HMRC deploys a fourth IR35 specialist team

A new crack unit of Revenue & Customs officers dedicated to investigating contractors under IR35 is being deployed, taking the number of compliance teams specialising in the legislation from three to four.At the last IR35 Forum meeting on April 29th, ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 10 2013]

Entities: IR35, HM Revenue & Customs, Taxes, Investigation, Edinburgh (United Kingdom)

First reported Jun 04 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 2 reports

Shrewd contractors will opt for the mortgage feast, not the famine

There has been a lot of speculation in the press this week about the availability of contractor mortgages, seeming to stem from a misconception about how difficult it is to secure a home loan if you are freelancing, writes Tony Harris, founder of ContractorMoney, ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Mortgages, Underwriting, Famine

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ContractorMoney said: "Our specialist underwriting package saves the hassle for contractors of them having to prove income using the last three years’ accounts and often allows such freelance professionals to borrow more than their ‘permie’ colleagues. In fact, we are seeing more completions by contractors now than at the height of the property boom in 2"

Contractor business model still flummoxing mortgage lenders [Published Contractor UK - Jun 04 2013]

...” The test for employee travel is more lenient than this, but there is still the requirement that, for the travel to be claimable, it must be "in the performance of the duties”. I think it is fair to say that if the expense passes the latter tests it will also pass the former test."

Contractors' Questions: Umbrella or Ltd Co, which is best for expenses? [Published Contractor UK - May 31 2013]

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IT contractor skills - what's hot in 2013 [Published Contractor UK - 9 hours ago]
Contractors' Questions: Can I bill website via ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 18 2013]
Contractors' Questions: What's in an IR35 contr... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 17 2013]
Contractors' Questions: Should I mark invoices ... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 14 2013]
Big Data: How IT contractors can leverage it fo... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 13 2013]
Contractors' Questions: How to fix paying repai... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]
IR35 Forum: main points for contractors [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]
IT contractor pay tipped to rise 7.5% in 2013 [Published Contractor UK - Jun 12 2013]
Tax penalties hit two in five umbrella contractors [Published Contractor UK - Jun 11 2013]
HMRC deploys a fourth IR35 specialist team [Published Contractor UK - Jun 10 2013]
IT contractor demand recovers from six-month low [Published Contractor UK - Jun 10 2013]
HMRC hails boost to 'customer' service [Published Contractor UK - Jun 07 2013]
Contractors remain at risk from cowboy will-wri... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 05 2013]
Shrewd contractors will opt for the mortgage fe... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 05 2013]
Contractor business model still flummoxing mort... [Published Contractor UK - Jun 04 2013]
Offshore employment intermediaries face tax charge [Published Contractor UK - Jun 03 2013]
First full week of not working for Osborne begins [Published Contractor UK - Jun 03 2013]
Contractors' Questions: Umbrella or Ltd Co, whi... [Published Contractor UK - May 31 2013]
Is the government right to move to the Cloud? [Published Contractor UK - May 30 2013]
Contractors' Questions: Which LLP users will be... [Published Contractor UK - May 30 2013]
HMRC raking in £1.2bn from Surrey borough [Published Contractor UK - May 29 2013]
So you want to be an interim IT leader? [Published Contractor UK - May 29 2013]
RBS says sorry for another IT glitch [Published Contractor UK - May 28 2013]
BBC scraps £100m IT project [Published Contractor UK - May 28 2013]
SAP to recruit techies with autism [Published Contractor UK - May 24 2013]
Jury Service Insurance for Contractors [Published Contractor UK - May 22 2013]
IR35 Contract Reviews [Published Contractor UK - May 22 2013]
How to avoid IR35 - an updated guide for contra... [Published Contractor UK - May 22 2013]
'Closet contractors' plan to ditch the 9-to-5 [Published Contractor UK - May 21 2013]
'Seven-fold increase in MSC debt transfer notices' [Published Contractor UK - May 21 2013]