RISHI SUNAK has been warned not to raise taxes on the fragile self-employed as an expert calls for more support in the fourth Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS).
RISHI SUNAK has been urged to delay changes to the IR35 tax regulations as the measure could deny self-employed people work, an expert tells Express.co.uk.
RISHI SUNAK has been urged to make the Self-employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) more accessible as an expert tells Express.co.uk of the millions in the UK who are struggling.
10 February 2021 - Submitted by Olivia Powell Submitted by Olivia Powell on 10 February 2021
Freelancers are lowering their day rates and working more, new research by the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE) has found.
The research, from IPSE’s quarterly Confidence Index, showed that in the last quarter of 2020, freelancers worked almost one extra week more than the previous quarter, but at the same time cut their day rates by an average of £16. The result was roughly stable earnings that were driven by more work for less pay.
The highest cuts in rates were among associate professional and technical freelancers such as designers and technicians, who dropped their average day rate by £22 from £254 to £232, and also managerial freelancers, who dropped their average rate by £29 from £555 to £526.
Becoming self-employed for the first time is a leap into the unknown; an exciting but sometimes scary experience. There is never a perfect time to make this leap, but for 200,000 people that did so