6+ day, 22+ hour ago  (929+ words) With Making Tax Digital due to arrive on 6 April, a new wave of AI-driven tools is helping freelancers avoid the stress of filling in quarterly returns "The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax," Albert Einstein…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (944+ words) A growing number of self-employed workers in the UK don't think they will have enough money to retire on Rob Lewis, 42, says he most likely will never be able to afford to fully retire. The art director, who manages creative…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (1013+ words) Neusha Milanian has struggled to put money aside for a pension since becoming a freelancer, like many other self-employed workers" When 39-year-old Neusha Milanian decided to take the leap and become a self-employed worker, she knew she would have to…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (954+ words) Taking charge of future retirement plans can feel daunting, but you don't need to be an expert In our'weekly series, readers can email any question about their finances, to be answered by our expert, Rosie Hooper. Rosie is a'chartered financial…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (656+ words) Adam Faulkner is one of more than 4 million self-employed people in the UK Adam Faulkner started out his career in journalism and quickly moved into working in TV. But in March 2018, he decided to leave his day job. "I became…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago  (628+ words) Experts say the taxman is "fully aware" of this blunder but is yet to take action, and the consequences are real A technical failure at HMRC is stopping thousands of self-employed workers from getting mortgages, tax experts say. They warn…...

7+ mon, 4+ week ago  (684+ words) Joanna Stokes says some of her ex-colleagues stayed in education jobs for the pension, but she is happy with her decision to leave Joanna Stokes worked in education for more than 15 years, before leaving in 2016 to give her life more…...

9+ mon, 4+ day ago  (1079+ words) Those who are self employed tend to save less than other people as they may receive irregular payments. Here, experts provide tips on how to boost retirement pots" Twenty million workers are set to benefit from the new Pensions Bill,…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago  (690+ words) Samuel Davis runs his own gardening business in London and hopes to be able to buy his own property soon" In our How I Manage My Money series we aim to find out how people in the UK are spending,…...