Freelancer Finances
Can I claim for Working Tax Credit when self-employed?
Working Tax Credit is a type of benefit designed to top up low income for people working in the UK, find out if you qualify. 3 min
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What is form P11D and when do I need to use it?
Everything independent workers need to know about a form that reports benefits and expenses to HMRC. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
New template contract for freelance services handed to self-employed
Download FreelanceUK’s expert-authored legal agreement, and make it your own for freelancing. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: Can I freelance from India for UK companies?
Accountant tots up extra cost if an Indian freelancer becomes a company, plus a few ‘must-dos,’ regardless. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: Should I use an umbrella company instead?
Having just one end-user, and planning to work for them indefinitely, smacks of PAYE work. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
Tax Rates and allowances 2021/22 for freelancers
Here are the main tax rates and allowances for 2021/22 that the self-employed/freelancer community need to be aware of 3 min
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
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
