Self-employed roles in production – updated ‘agreed list’

It can often be confusing trying to work out which jobs are likely to be paid as self-employed, and which as PAYE. Generally speaking it’s roles where people have their own tools, or where HMRC thinks you have to show “rare skill and judgement”, a jargon phrase that always brings a wry smile. A good

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Posted on 01 August 2023

Beyond redundancy: 6-point guide for creative people

Losing a job through no fault of your own can be hard. But redundancy isn’t the end, it’s the start of the next stage in your life.  I’ve been through redundancy (twice!) and have been training people how to set up on their own for 15 years. Below are some tips and advice. We cover

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Posted on 01 September 2020

How do IR35 changes affect creative freelancers? (Q&A)

You may have heard that the government is changing the way that organisations determine the status of people they might hire to work for them – people like freelancers and contractors. This is commonly called the IR35 or ‘intermediaries’ legislation.

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Posted on 13 January 2020

Why our Finance for Freelancers workshop is different

In the run-up to this month’s Finance for Freelancers workshop in London (book here!), I saw an interesting comment on Facebook under BECTU’s ad for the course. The suggestion was that other organisations run free courses on tax, etc., so why bother with ours.

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Posted on 08 July 2019

Finance for Freelancers (ITV Leavers)

This one day workshop shows you how to keep within the regulations and not waste time, whilst making the most of your finances. We’ll take a good look at: how tax works the big digital tax changes that are coming up what National Insurance is for cash flow planning record-keeping VAT as it affects freelancers

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Posted on 07 September 2017

Finance for Freelancers (ITV Leavers)

This one day workshop shows you how to keep within the regulations and not waste time, whilst making the most of your finances. We’ll take a good look at: how tax works the big digital tax changes that are coming up what National Insurance is for cash flow planning record-keeping VAT as it affects freelancers

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Posted on 07 September 2017

Finance for Freelancers (ITV Leavers)

This one day workshop shows you how to keep within the regulations and not waste time, whilst making the most of your finances. We’ll take a good look at: how tax works the big digital tax changes that are coming up what National Insurance is for cash flow planning record-keeping VAT as it affects freelancers

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Posted on 07 September 2017

Finance for Freelancers (ITV Leavers)

This one day workshop shows you how to keep within the regulations and not waste time, whilst making the most of your finances. We’ll take a good look at: how tax works the big digital tax changes that are coming up what National Insurance is for cash flow planning record-keeping VAT as it affects freelancers

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Posted on 05 September 2017