If you’re decided to work via an umbrella company, you will be faced with a bewildering choice of providers. Here are 15 essential tips to help your compare umbrella companies. Read more
Before you join an umbrella company, you will most likely seek out recommendations before signing on the dotted line. So, how do you find umbrella company reviews in the first place? Read more
Important tax considerations to bear in mind when deciding whether to buy a company car, or claim a mileage allowance for business use of your own car. Read more
You may well have incurred various expenses starting out in the contracting world, before you formed a company. Can you reclaim these costs? Read more
Which trading structure should you use when you start our as an IT contractor? We look at how umbrella and limited companies work in practice. Read more
In the latest of our series on limited company expenses, we look at tax treatment of broadband installed at home. Read more
Once you have decided that IT contracting is something that you would like to do, there are a number of stages you will need to negotiate before starting work on your first contract. Read more
As a company director, you’ll almost certainly have to file a personal tax return for yourself before 31st January 2018. Here we look at what you should, and what you shouldn’t include on your self-assessment return. Read more
Before you appoint a specialist accountancy firm to look after your contracting books, ensure that you check what qualifications the firm holds. Read more
The most popular way to start up in business in the UK is as a sole trader. So why do IT contractors avoid this route, and work via their own limited companies or umbrella schemes? Read more