Guide to Freelancing
What is the best business structure for freelancers?
Sole trader. ‘Ltd.’ Or LLP? Top accountant Emily Coltman crunches the numbers, and options, facing the newly self-employed. 8 min
IT and tech news and guides
Guide to Freelancing
Guide to Freelancing
Put off self-employment? Four freelancing facts to make you undeterred
Covid may have put your one-person empire on hold. But you can still take steps to minimise risk and maximise opportunity. 6 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers, HMRC self-assessment and VAT penalties are going points-based
How much the taxman’s new system will cost sole traders who pay late or submit late. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Going freelance amid coronavirus: why creatives make the leap despite covid
As it’s the desire for freedom that drives, it seems not even the pandemic will keep the aspiring self-employed down for long. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
Why you should get your freelance business on instagram
Instagram is one of the biggest social media platforms in the world and it offers an abundance of opportunity for freelance businesses to get brand exposure and sales. 2 min
Freelancer Finances
Freelancers’ Questions: Any VAT or tax tips to grow my marketing business?
Invoices, self-assessment and trading in dollars – just some of the queries troubling an apologetic freelancer. 5 min
Freelancer News
IR35 experts caution UK freelance sector over HMRC’s ‘soft-landing’
Freelancers and their clients will find very little that is soft, or light, about the April 6th off-payroll rules -- experts. 3 min
Contracting
Leaving contracting due to IR35? The benefits to expect from a new employed role
Many contractors working via intermediaries such as partnerships or limited companies will be affected by changes to the IR35 tax legislation due at the start of the 2021/22 tax year.What is IR35?The government first introduced the IR35 rules in April 2000 to tackle so-called ‘disguised employment’.. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: Do I deserve no pay if I reject a late contract?
Legal aid for a freelancer stung after refusing to sign harsh terms governing future and past self-employment. 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
An affordable method to market your freelance business
Using imagery in your marketing is key as we look at affordable methods to market your freelance business. 3 min
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
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
Freelancer 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
Guide to Freelancing
The rise of freelancers during COVID-19
COVID-19 has highlighted the importance of having a form of income that can be earned from home and can easily fit around changing circumstances. Here we will look at the rise of freelancer during COVID-19. 4 min
Freelancer News
Here’s where tax returns faze freelancers, even if HMRC is delaying fines
The self-employed will embrace the Feb 28 waiver, but must still avoid six self-assessment traps. 4 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers' Questions: Can EU freelancers still do work stints in London?
'It’s now both business and pleasure if you’re self-employed and visiting the UK, but very little else.' 3 min
Freelancer News
Freelancers’ Questions: Do I need a UTR number for my theatre art contract?
'The Revenue’s way to identify you is definitely for life, not just for Christmas or the New Year.' 3 min
