Opinion
Will Spring Statement 2025 be taxing for tech job board users?
With AI set to hit some contractor jobs, patching employer NIC changes may be the smarter move by the chancellor. 6 min
Accounting
Opinion
Freelancer Services
Contractor Pensions & Tax Planning: Maximise Your Retirement Savings
Angela James at Yolo Wealth has dedicated the last decade to providing advice tailored to contractors and freelancers, working in partnership with Free-Work UK and its readers over this time. 1 min
Contractor Finances
What is a director’s loan?
The good, bad, and ugly of director loans -- those deserving an accountant’s input to avoid HMRC trouble. 5 min
Contractor Finances
Do contractors pay National Insurance tax?
Free-Work hears from a top accountant when and in what circumstances freelance IT work will incur you an NI bill from HMRC. 4 min
Contractor Finances
VAT Flat Rate Scheme: explainer and top tips
Simplicity is hard to turn down as a small company but beware -- in the accounting space, simplicity doesn’t always = cost efficiency. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
Capital Gains Tax (CGT) guide for contractors
Everything you need to know about ‘CGT’ if you’re ‘LTD’ -- and then some. 8 min
Contractor Finances
A contractor’s guide to maternity pay
Resolved: As an IT contractor who’s also a mum-to-be, can I receive maternity pay? 7 min
Freelancer Finances
Tax codes for tech contractors -- explained
As the 2024-25 tax year dawns, Brookson tells Free-Work that tech contractors need to make room in their lives for coding of the HMRC-kind. 6 min
Freelancer Finances
Tax rates and allowances for tech contractors in 2024/25
A guide to the next 12 months of HMRC thresholds affecting your take-home pay as a tech contractor. 5 min
Freelancer Services
Freelancer CVL Solution from SFP
SFP are one of the UK’s leading providers of Creditors’ Voluntary Liquidation (CVL) solutions. Find out why SFP have become one of the leading Liquidation specialists in the UK. 2 min
Contractor Finances
Are limited company IT contractors eligible for the Marriage Allowance?
Free-Work readers can now check if they (or more likely their spouse) can claim a not to be sniffed at £1,256. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
How to file with HMRC a self-assessment tax return in 2024
Top 10 tips for IT freelancers facing the penalty-enforced January 31st tax deadline. 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
What IT freelancers should look for in an accountancy firm
Top 3 things computer contractors should look for in their accountant, by someone who knows (-- a veteran accountant to technology freelancers). 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
Self belief – how to keep self doubt at bay
We all suffer from self doubt, no matter how confident we are, there are times when you question your capabilities. 3 min
Freelancer News
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. 3 min
Freelancer News
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.’ 4 min