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Practical tax insights for UK contractors and freelancers. Real numbers, honest opinions, no waffle.
If you run a limited company and haven't heard about the new Companies House identity verification requirement yet, you need to deal with it before your next confirmation statement. Here's what it is, when your deadline actually is, and what you need to do — no legal jargon.
Every article about IR35 tells you the status matters financially. Very few show you the actual numbers. Here they are — three common day rates, three scenarios each, with full take-home breakdowns for 2026/27.
Every January, the same conversations happen in contractor forums. Someone's tax bill is bigger than expected. Someone got a letter from HMRC querying an expense. Here's what people get wrong — with actual numbers.
The dividend allowance went from £2,000 to £500 in two years. Here's what that actually costs a typical limited company contractor in real money — and whether it changes the sole trader vs Ltd calculation.
The specific moment I decided to build this was when I was trying to work out whether a contract offer was worth taking. Forty minutes and six websites later, I still didn't have a clear answer.