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Freelancer Finances

How IT contractors can handle clients who won’t pay up

Late payments can be a real headache for IT contractors, but you don’t have to suffer in silence! This article offers practical tips and insights on how to handle late or non-payment issues, including legal options and helpful government resources.

11 October 2024

5 min

Universal credit for limited company directors

A guide for Free-Work users to help answer the often understandably asked question ‘How does Universal Credit work if I have a limited company?’

16 July 2024

7 min

Capital Gains Tax (CGT) guide for contractors

Everything you need to know about ‘CGT’ if you’re ‘LTD’ -- and then some.

24 May 2024

8 min

Tax codes for tech contractors -- explained

As the 2024-25 tax year dawns, Brookson tells Free-Work that tech contractors need to make room in their lives for coding of the HMRC-kind.

2 April 2024

6 min

Tax rates and allowances for tech contractors in 2024/25

A guide to the next 12 months of HMRC thresholds affecting your take-home pay as a tech contractor.

23 February 2024

5 min

How to file with HMRC a self-assessment tax return in 2024

Top 10 tips for IT freelancers facing the penalty-enforced January 31st tax deadline.

23 January 2024

5 min

Late payments are still prevalent for UK freelancers. What can we do about it?

IPSE, the UK’s freelancer body, uses its first Free-Work column to say it’s time government got tough on late payers -- at Autumn Statement 2023 or before.

5 September 2023

5 min

Understanding your business taxes as a small business

Self-employment can provide greater flexibility, more control over your work, a higher income and greater satisfaction. But a key consideration is what taxes you must pay.

22 May 2023

10 min

Cash flow: a freelancer’s guide to money in and money out

Top tips to understand, manage and preserve the lifeblood of your self-employed business – cash flow.

19 May 2023

6 min

How much tax would you pay on a 'side hustle'?

Side hustle has become a much more common term in the UK in recent years, GoSimpleTax reveals what freelancers need to know when paying tax on a side hustle.

18 May 2023

8 min

Tax rates and allowances 2023/24 for freelancers

As a new tax year begun on 6th April, freelancers need to be aware of the updated tax rates and allowances for 2023/24.

11 May 2023

3 min

Happy new tax year - or is it? Here are the changes you should be aware of

What key tax changes are planned from 6 April 2023 and how could they impact you if you’re a self-employed freelancer, explained by GoSimpleTax.

6 April 2023

4 min

Filing a paper tax return for your Self Assessment? Be aware of this BIG change

GoSimpleTax inform us of the BIG change that the self-employed need to know when filing for self-assessment.

4 April 2023

2 min

Where do self-employed stand with delays to purchase orders?

'POs themselves aren’t a bad thing. It’s the poor practice in how they’re administered that causes all the trouble.'

31 March 2023

4 min

What are a US citizen’s tax duties if UK freelancing on a partner’s visa?

Getting an adviser onboard is the ultimate answer for a freelancer from across the pond with registration questions.

21 March 2023

3 min

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax delayed: what do freelancers need to do?

In December 2022, the government announced its decision to delay introducing Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) for two more years until April 2026, but do freelancers need to do anything?

9 February 2023

3 min

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