Pension reform could be good news for PAYE freelancers
Last week I wrote a blog post outlining a few things which the new Labour goverment looked likely to change. The one I missed was pension reform.
READ MORE >Posted on 17 July 2024
Fiddling with your National Insurance
Figures below were correct as of 8 March 2024 More changes to National Insurance (NI) were announced by the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday (6 March 2024). As it happens, I was training at Channel 4 that day, so we were able to look at how NI was at the beginning of the day, and
READ MORE >Posted on 08 March 2024
What does the new Health and Social Care Levy mean for freelancers? Answer: NOTHING!
[Big update: The Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has announced on 22 September 2022 that this new levy for the NHS has been abolished. As of 6 November 2022 National Insurance increases have therefore been reversed. (They applied only between July-October 2022.) This blog is now of historical interest only!] The Westminster government invented a new tax
READ MORE >Posted on 09 September 2021
Budget: March 2021 – Coronavirus support for freelancers
There are three types of freelancer in the creative industries. This post looks at how announcements made by Chancellor Rishi Sunak on 3 March 2021 affect each type. It focuses on coronavirus support. For an outline of each type of freelancer, go here > Read about announced tax changes in my separate post > Sole
READ MORE >Posted on 03 March 2021
