As chancellor Philip Hammond scraps a planned tax break for 3.4m self-employed workers, small business bodies have branded it a betrayal of the UK's sole traders. more»

Millions of entrepreneurs will be hit with higher pension costs and lost reliefs when the new tax year starts tomorrow, the Federation of Small Businesses has warned. more»

Karen Holden, co-founder of A City Law Firm, helps employers understand IR35 rules with an overview of recent changes and a ten-step guide to protecting your firm from a breach in legislation. more»

New research from the Federation of Small Businesses has revealed that the bureaucracy surrounding tax compliance is costing entrepreneurs significant time and money, and hampering growth. more»

The Check Employment Status for Tax tool (CEST) allows company bosses to check whether a worker should be classed as employed or self-employed, for tax purposes. more»

The government's newly published Good Work plan has confirmed that self-employed people will no longer be subjected to NIC increases. more»

Following the Treasury's hints that tax reforms could be extended into the private sector, Business Advice asks a question on many lips what is IR35 and who is affected by this change. more»

The Treasury has announced it will push back the abolition of Class 2 NICs for a further year, as tax campaigners welcomed the breathing space? offered to the UK's low-earning self-employed until April 2019. more»

Just ten per cent of UK contractors now use HMRC's IR35 tool to clarify their working status, as faith in the government's service to deliver correct results has all but disappeared. more»

Self-employed workers in Britain's so-called gig economy? have been advised by a lobby group to register with HMRC before the imminent self-assessment deadline for the previous tax year. more»