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Freelancers’ Questions: How to be UK self-employed for a company in Spain?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: How to be UK self-employed for a company in Spain?

Top tips for a designer who's been jobless for as many months as their new contract is set to last.
4 min
Freelancers’ Questions: Does Maternity Allowance come with an earnings cap?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: Does Maternity Allowance come with an earnings cap?

Tax tips for a mum-to-be, half onto something even before knowing the answers to her queries.
4 min
How the self-employed can ask for a pay rise amid the covid pandemicFreelancer Finances

How the self-employed can ask for a pay rise amid the covid pandemic

Lockdown shouldn't put a padlock on freelancers tactfully asking for a rate that reflects their hard work.
5 min
Freelancers' Questions: How to be self-employed in Italy if I leave the UK?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers' Questions: How to be self-employed in Italy if I leave the UK?

An expert on freelancing overseas ends a 'viscous circle,' but balks at the likely paperwork and controls involved.
4 min
Who needs a UTR number?Freelancer Finances

Who needs a UTR number?

A self-employed freelancer in the UK is required to have a Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) as it helps HMRC identify and process tax returns against the correct taxpayer's records.
2 min
IR35: Dos and don’ts to consider for 2021Freelancer Finances

IR35: Dos and don’ts to consider for 2021

With everything else that's been going on the information regarding IR35 may have got a little lost lately, so we thought we'd write a no-nonsense article to keep you up to date
5 min
A UK sole trader's overview to paying yourself as a self-employed freelancerFreelancer Finances

A UK sole trader's overview to paying yourself as a self-employed freelancer

Drawings, thresholds, exemptions – all demystified, so you can work out how much you'll take home.
5 min
Freelancers’ Questions: Must I HMRC-register if my income is under £1,000?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: Must I HMRC-register if my income is under £1,000?

A slightly taxing scenario is fortunately the most unlikely and, even then, an exemption looks due.
3 min
What HMRC will do to freelancers who overclaim SEISS grantsFreelancer Finances

What HMRC will do to freelancers who overclaim SEISS grants

Amid the sweet news that SEISS will be extended, it's time to look at the scheme's sharp end.
3 min
Key documents freelancers need to secure a self-employed mortgageFreelancer Finances

Key documents freelancers need to secure a self-employed mortgage

Eight inescapable bits of evidence the self-employed must have to get the green-light for their home loan.
4 min
How freelancers can get more from mortgage lenders, with a good credit scoreFreelancer Finances

How freelancers can get more from mortgage lenders, with a good credit score

There's lots self-employed people can do to hit the right notes with lenders. But don't do a Kanye.
5 min
Freelancers’ Questions: Why will a Spanish client want an EORI number, and VAT waived?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: Why will a Spanish client want an EORI number, and VAT waived?

Reassurance for a part-time freelancer, not aware that self-employment and sole trading is one and the same.
4 min
Freelancers’ Questions: Is tax due on US income if I left Italy to be a UK sole trader?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: Is tax due on US income if I left Italy to be a UK sole trader?

Expert helps a self-employed creative eying a new start in Britain, albeit with an old client.
3 min
Freelancers’ Questions: Can I expense a covid-19 safety kit?Freelancer Finances

Freelancers’ Questions: Can I expense a covid-19 safety kit?

What the self-employed can (and can't) claim if returning to work amid the pandemic.
4 min
Thinking of going self-employed? Know this firstFreelancer Finances

Thinking of going self-employed? Know this first

Thinking of going self-employed? We explain everything you need to know about your tax obligations as a freelancer/self employed in the UK.
3 min
What are my self-employed pensions options as a freelancer?Freelancer Finances

What are my self-employed pensions options as a freelancer?

Retirement savings expert demystifies the (non-daunting) world of nest eggs for sole traders.
5 min

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