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Is using my own laptop in-house for ad agencies a basis to charge extra?
A freelancing expert disappoints a designer hoping to add a premium for bringing in his own equipment.![VAT-registration delays](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/long-vat-registration-delays-hit-freelancers-and-their-accountants-lG9TtNCRxYc7ksR9.png)
Long VAT-registration delays hit freelancers and their accountants
Between six and several months just to obtain a VAT number from HMRC is condemned as ‘an impediment to running a business.’![top 10 creative freelance jobs](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/top-10-best-paying-freelance-creative-jobs-1dKuXHoinbgLbqxM.png)
Top 10 best-paying freelance creative jobs
Ranging from marketing to software, at £25 an hour and £600 a day, freelance posts are helping creative hirers weather a perfect storm.![IPSE awards](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/best-self-employed-to-be-spotlighted-at-ipse-awards-2023-enter-now-BYAQ9MdMnRo7HnIl.png)
Best self-employed to be spotlighted at IPSE Awards 2023. Enter now!
Freelancers have until 5pm Monday to put themselves forward for an accolade (if your client hasn’t entered you already).![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/freelancers-here-s-a-common-vat-mistake-are-you-making-it-too-ra9kF5Er0zXCaU3m.png)
Freelancers, here’s a common VAT mistake. Are you making it too?
Set aside 20% of your next invoice, or a sixth of its total, to avoid the common VAT trap most self-employed fall into.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/freelancers-alerted-to-their-day-to-day-work-not-matching-the-contract-YHTYbu5NP7u96Nfb.png)
Freelancers alerted to their day-to-day work not matching the contract
Actual arrangements versus contractual arrangements are increasingly being questioned and challenged, says Professional Passport.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/self-employed-jobs-market-for-freelance-creatives-not-all-doom-and-gloom-IHGGM1345SBURdXL.png)
Self-employed jobs market for freelance creatives ‘not all doom and gloom’
Despite some approaching it with ‘slight trepidation,’ creative freelancing in the UK is paying out more -- even amid the ‘Great Recalibration.’![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/self-employment-as-a-freelancer-it-s-on-the-rise-again-mahrm1lSpuGVpJEE.png)
Self-employment as a freelancer? It’s on the rise again
If ONS stats are right, and their steely determination is anything to go by, freelancers look like they are on the rebound.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/amazon-drivers-case-is-no-uber-but-may-be-a-catalyst-for-self-employed-KkRvxLWPum7nKRNO.png)
Amazon drivers’ case ‘is no Uber, but may be a catalyst for self-employed’
While its significance is still in doubt, an incoming FTT case against Amazon is billed to be interesting, expensive, and messy.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/why-your-portfolio-could-lose-or-land-the-next-freelance-gig-you-go-for-rVV18jbFDd7Fo9Aq.png)
Why your portfolio could lose or land the next freelance gig you go for
A dated CV or portfolio is the big mistake self-employed creatives too often made in 2023’s first quarter.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/predictable-hours-legislation-a-good-deal-for-gig-economy-workers-at-last-oDyaeIlqDTJGigE7.png)
Predictable hours legislation: a good deal for gig economy workers, at last
Freelancers are potentially among the ‘workers’ set to benefit from legislative certainty on when they’ll work, and what hours.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/brexit-impact-on-freelancers-and-uk-creative-firms-an-absolute-nightmare-Hu4WhpiGwx4Vxtyg.png)
Brexit impact on freelancers and UK creative firms, ‘an absolute nightmare’
The lack of provisions in the 2020 deal is as if the government has said, ‘Hey Creatives…Nope.’![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/freelancers-with-accounting-periods-unaligned-to-tax-years-must-act-e5k8s5irc5Pgspbg.png)
Freelancers with accounting periods unaligned to tax years must act
Will you be required to apportion your accounting profits in the tax year in which they arise?![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/status-experts-grumble-at-just-eat-making-couriers-self-employed-BWOQElneTnEgbRFz.png)
Status experts grumble at Just Eat making couriers self-employed
Hungry to work off its losses, the takeaway-delivery firm’s reclassification is billed as a risk it probably feels is worth taking.![close up of a typewriter with words news](https://api.free-work.com/media/cache/resolve/blog_post_image_medium/spring-budget-focussed-on-the-labour-market-yet-ignored-the-self-employed-xIN4slGPuxKh8epn.png)