Our research shows that those most in need of BDI services can least afford them – we want to make those services as affordable as possible to Insecure Workers.

We want to develop our FairShare campaign, the first part of which is that BDIs have to take on a certain percentage of financially disadvantaged clients on a pro bono basis.

Clients who are below the tax-paying threshold won’t pay anything towards the BDI service of Tax Return preparation & submission.

Once they are growing and moving into paying tax then the BDI can charge a percentage of the client’s taxable profit as a fee.

Alongside a fundraising effort, we will build the campaign around the idea of not evading paying a fair share of tax, as long as the government promises to make tax simpler.

An extension might be to create a mutual fund to provide income protection cover against life shocks/pivots.

As self-employment nears 5m, support for the little guys can be easy as 123...

An article in DIY Investor Magazine by Laurence Taylor, Creator of BDI