IT contractors setting up personal limited companies in the Sutton area are being offered a series of courses designed to make this process easier.

HM Revenue and Customs will be running a series of events designed to make getting to grips with cash flow and taxes easier for these workers.

The Local Business Advice Open Day will be running on February 25th and will include free seminars on a number of topics ranging from taxation to employment law.

Roger Lovell, business liaison team manager, has claimed it is inevitable that people will be worried about meeting their liabilities during the tough economic climate.

He explains: "HMRC runs a number of schemes to make tax as hassle free as possible, and engages with our customers. And our attitude has always been to assist businesses in short term difficulty."

Earlier this month, the organisation announced that there have been a number of changes in the way that pay-as-you-earn tax is to be administered.