16 April 2015
The Top 10 Personal Tax Changes Affecting Contractors This Year
The 2015/16 tax year has begun and with this comes changes to the tax system within the UK. Churchill Knight’s Personal Tax team have identified the key points, and explain how these could affect you as a contractor.
4 April 2015
Limited Vs Umbrella
Like many embarking on a career in contracting, you will probably find yourself wondering what is the best way to set up and run your new business. For most contractors this choice essentially comes down to operating under an umbrella company, or establishing and running your own limited company.
2 April 2015
Onshore Employment Intermediaries Reporting: Time to review your providers?
Much has been said about the Onshore Employment Intermediaries legislation and how it will affect recruitment agencies from the 6th April.
24 March 2015
Travel and Subsistence: An End to Umbrella Companies?
Following the Chancellor’s Budget last Wednesday, it was confirmed that the government will be “clamping down on agencies who abuse tax relief on travel and subsistence”.
20 March 2015
Budget 2015: An interesting year ahead for contractors
Another year, another Budget. With just 50 days to the next general election, and potentially the last one to be delivered by the current government, this was always going to be a Budget that would be much anticipated.
19 March 2015
Budget 2015: A look inside the Chancellor’s briefcase
Chancellor George Osborne began his Budget statement yesterday with the words “Britain is walking tall again”.
12 March 2015
Budget 2015: What could be in store for contractors?
Some think that there is no room for headline grabbing measures to be announced by the Chancellor next week; others see this as a perfect opportunity to launch a few political fireworks ahead of the election race really getting underway.
26 February 2015
Travelling to Work as a Contractor: Reducing your Costs
Following on from the success of last month’s blog on how to reduce your costs whilst staying away from home, we thought we would provide you with some further money saving tips. This time in relation to the costs incurred whilst travelling as part of your contracting work life.
17 February 2015
Contractor Q&A – Can I use my personal bank account for my limited company?
Question: Can I use my personal bank account for my limited company?
9 February 2015
Liam Thomas’ Experience with Churchill Knight & Associates
Liam Thomas: "I would recommend Churchill Knight as their services are efficient and they are always open to customers asking questions."