Being self-employed can be thrilling and terrifying at the same time. Our free online resources include guides and tips for every stage of working for yourself, from starting out in self-employment and beyond. You’re not alone!
If you’re at the point where your skill, passion or side hustle seems to be a viable means of self-employment, congratulations! This is your first big step to entrepreneurial success and it’s a super exciting time. You know you want to be self-employed. You’ve got reason to believe it’s going to be a great move….
Contractors are an important part of both the private and public sectors, contributing more than £300bn to the UK economy every year, and covering a range of roles, from HGV drivers to bricklayers, architects to accountants, and engineers to plumbers, to name just a few. IR35 was introduced to help minimise the risk of tax…
As the saying sort of goes, paying tax is pretty much inevitable, whether you’re employed, self-employed, or earning money from a side hustle or as a landlord. The money you earn from an employer is usually taxed at source, which means that your employer deducts the right amount of tax and National Insurance on your…
Pension planning isn’t always top of most self-employed people’s priorities, but we can all benefit from making some extra provision for our later years. Often, self-employed people will say that their business is their pension but that doesn’t always work out. Imagine if you invested in a Blockbuster franchise in the 1990s; you’ll be a…
Nobody wants to pay more tax than they need to, and there is no reason why you should pay more than your fair share. So, in this post, we’re going to look at the different allowances and tax reliefs that a self-employed person can claim. This isn’t tax avoidance, or any kind of shady practice….
