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		<title>Confusion reigns ahead of IR35 business test</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/confusion-reigns-ahead-of-ir35-business-test/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[HMRC were due to release details of their IR35 business test, designed to help contractors and freelancers "self-assess" their status, on April 6th. As this date fell on a public holiday the release has been delayed. HMRC and IR35 Forum members have variously said the delays would be "a week or few".]]></description>
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		<title>Contractors left out in the cold in 2012 Budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The "pro-business" 2012 Budget may have provided many boons for large businesses in the form of an extra 1% cut in the Main Rate of Corporation Tax (which will now fall from 26% to 24% in April), increased R&#038;D tax credits, and a 5% income tax cut for their wealthy executives, but there was little meaningful change for contractors, freelancers and small businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>AWR fails to cool demand for contractors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agency workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Agency Workers Regulations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Agency Workers Regulations have been in effect for almost six months now, and despite predications of 500,000 contracts being axed, the temporary work sector - including most contractors and freelancers - has been remarkably undamaged.]]></description>
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		<title>Job prospects looking up for IT contractors</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/getting-a-job/job-prospects-looking-up-for-it-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/getting-a-job/job-prospects-looking-up-for-it-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting A Job]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So far IT contractors have been remarkably resilient to the economic downturn. The shedding of costly full-time IT staff by large corporates and the civil service has meant a relative boom-time for contractors as the demand for flexible workers expanded.]]></description>
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		<title>Government IR35 pay deals raise spectre of contractor witch-hunt</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/government-ir35-pay-deals-raise-spectre-of-contractor-witch-hunt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/government-ir35-pay-deals-raise-spectre-of-contractor-witch-hunt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/?p=1009</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The contractor and freelancer world have been all atwitter these past few weeks after it was revealed that Student Loans Company Chief Executive Ed Lester received his pay through a limited company despite being an obvious employee of the firm. This is in stark contrast to HMRC's stance on so-called disguised employment - which contractors and freelancers will know all-too-well in the form of IR35.]]></description>
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		<title>Government to offer empty premises to contractors and startups</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/government-to-offer-empty-premises-to-contractors-and-startups/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/government-to-offer-empty-premises-to-contractors-and-startups/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 11:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Suter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cashflow]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Cameron last month announced plans to free up 300 premises for new businesses and entrepreneurs. The under-used or empty government owned office premises and buildings will be offered to startups at a low cost for one year to enable new companies to establish themselves.]]></description>
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		<title>Contractor Accountant arrested for £500,000 tax fraud</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/contractor-accountant-arrested-for-500000-tax-fraud/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/contractor-accountant-arrested-for-500000-tax-fraud/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Suter</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[accountant]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darren Upton, a well-respected and successful accountant in the IT sector, has been found guilty of fraud after it was revealed that he had taken £250,000 that had been put aside by his contractor clients for tax bills and paid it into his own account.]]></description>
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		<title>Libertarian think-tank proposes making SME employees self-employed</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/libertarian-think-tank-proposes-making-sme-employees-self-employed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/libertarian-think-tank-proposes-making-sme-employees-self-employed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[IR35]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Adam Smith Institute]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/?p=976</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Several surveys and studies in 2011 highlighted the fact that contractors and freelancers who wish to grow their business are put off by the excessive red tape and financial burden that comes with taking on employees. Now a prominent Libertarian think-tank called the Adam Smith Institute has published the first part of a paper called "The Growth Agenda". In it, Dr Madsen Pirie makes the case for moving to a self-employment model for the employees of small businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>BCC calls on Government to cut red tape for small businesses</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/bcc-calls-on-government-to-cut-red-tape-for-small-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/bcc-calls-on-government-to-cut-red-tape-for-small-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[compliance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Chambers of Commerce has added their voice to the growing concerns over red tape for contractors, freelancers and small businesses. The BCC has called for increased deregulation to allow small firms to acquire the skills they need through extra employees.]]></description>
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		<title>What we learned about IR35 in 2011</title>
		<link>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/what-we-learned-about-ir35-in-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.contractoradvisor.co.uk/news/what-we-learned-about-ir35-in-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Norris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[IR35, as with all legislation, is a constantly evolving beast. With every new case comes new case law that contractors, freelancers, and employment experts can use to try to stay one step ahead of HMRC's hamfisted enforcement of the much-maligned anti-avoidance rules.]]></description>
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