StrideHQ Blog

Paying creators, without the compliance headache.

Practical guidance for the UK finance and talent teams running influencer payments: IR35, DAC7, self-billing, and getting money to a creator in Tokyo without a fortnight of admin.

IR35 and UK creators: who carries the liability when you pay an influencer through their limited company

Most established creators invoice through a personal service company. That pulls your campaign spend into the off-payroll working rules. Here is who determines status, who pays if it is wrong, and what changed in April 2025.

27 July 2026 · 5 min read

DAC7 for talent agencies: what you have to report, and when

What the reporting obligation actually covers, which agencies fall inside it, and how to collect the right data at onboarding instead of scrambling in January.

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