ContractorUK

ContractorUK
	Private
Founded	1999
Website	www.contractoruk.com

ContractorUK, is a news and community website for

independent contractors in the UK. It has been online since 1999, since the early days of IR35 and the initial inflation of the dot-com bubble

.

Overview

The website is home to the UK's IT contracting community, with over 690,000 visits per month. It provides independent editorial on contracting as well as calculators, market rates, and contract jobs.

Tax and legislation issues

ContractorUK reports on a wide range of issues that face contractors. This includes changes made by HMRC as well as the introduction of new and changes to existing tax legislation. It has covered the most pressing issues in the contracting industry such as

Autumn Statement and the Finance Bill, and how they will affect contractors. This includes the new legislation which will restrict tax relief for travel and subsistence

for workers engaged through an employment intermediary, such as an umbrella company or a personal service company. ContractorUK has covered news on the Personal Service Companies Committee,

Baroness Noakes in the House of Lords

in which she referenced ContractorUK.

Campaigns

The ContractorUK Forum provides space in the forums, for the No To Retro Tax (NTRT)[2] campaign group, who aim to overturn the retrospective tax legislation introduced in Section 58 of the UK Finance Act 2008.

Forum

The site has a forum, with over 2 million posts, to discuss matters related to contracting (including umbrella companies, recruitment agencies, contracts, tax etc.), as well as areas for general chat. Here contractors are able to receive unbiased advice from other contractors. The forum also includes an ineffective swear filter.

References

^ "Select Committee on Personal Service Companies - UK Parliament". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13.
^ "No To Retrospective Taxation | Campaign Against Retrospective Tax Legislation – Section 58 Finance Act 2008". Retrieved 2021-11-16.

[1] "Select Committee on Personal Service Companies - UK Parliament". www.parliament.uk. Archived from the original on 2013-12-13.

[2] "No To Retrospective Taxation | Campaign Against Retrospective Tax Legislation – Section 58 Finance Act 2008". Retrieved 2021-11-16.