One of the greatest obstacles if you’re a contractor, recruiter or end client that engages with contractors, is dealing with…
Operating through a Personal Service Company (PSC) and working outside IR35 provides contractors with a wealth of benefits. For instance,…
Since the IR35 reforms came into effect in 2021, most contractors will no longer be responsible for their own IR35…
The tools you work with are an essential part of your business and likely one of the biggest investments you’ve…
It’s a situation every tradesperson dreads: your client isn’t happy with the result of your hard work. Mistakes and misunderstandings…
Running a business can be expensive, with the cost of tools, vehicles, employees, tax, insurance and more, all piling up!…
There’s a reason every company you interact with these days is desperate for you to leave your feedback: reviews are…
You may not have heard of the term “scope creep”, but if you’ve been running a business for any length…
If you told us back in April that we’d still be writing our Ask Andy column in October, we’d have…
Unless you’ve spent the last few years living in a remote cave in the Outer Hebrides, you’ve probably heard about…
One of the issues some contractors have had with the new IR35 legislation stems from the idea of handing over…
Five months on from the introduction of the new IR35 legislation and we’re still getting questions from contractors for Kingsbridge’s Head of…
Back at the start of 2021, we asked your thoughts on the contracting market. Now that the third (and hopefully final)…
It’s now almost 5 months since the IR35 reforms came into effect, and with lockdown no more, things are beginning…
George Mantides Limited has challenged HMRC in an Upper Tribunal, having received a split decision to IR35 status in the First-tier Tribunal in 2019. Mantides, a contractor urologist, operates through his own…
With lockdown now over, things are slowly but surely starting to return to something like normal – even if that’s…
The private sector IR35 reform is now very much a part of normal life for contractors, recruiters, and clients alike. But as expected with this…
Since the changes to IR35 legislation were introduced in April, contractors are regularly being recommended to purchase IR35 insurance alongside their…
The reform of IR35 legislation has left contractors wanting to check their IR35 status, to give themselves peace of mind that their end…
It’s now almost three months since the IR35 reforms came into effect in the private sector, and we are still welcoming questions…
Last month, it was reported that more than 40,000 people from the Philippines had been recruited to front British companies as part…
Last month, we reported that Gary Lineker was being targeted by HMRC over a £4.9 million tax bill. Gary Lineker follows in the…
We’re nearly two months on from the introduction of the IR35 reforms in the private sector, but many of you…
As contractors get to grips with the IR35 reforms, they continue to be a source of confusion for many. Kingsbridge’s…
It’s now well over a month since the IR35 reforms came into effect, shifting the liability of your IR35 status from you as the contractor to your fee-payer. But what exactly does…
As the 2021/22 tax year gets into its stride, the IR35 questions for Andy Vessey, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax and…
It’s hard to believe that the private sector IR35 reforms have been with us for a month already, but here…
Here we are at the end of April. The IR35 reforms have been in play for almost a month and…
The private sector IR35 reforms have been in effect for a few weeks now and your questions for Andy Vessey, Kingsbridge’s Head…
One question that contractors are frequently asking via our Ask Andy form is when and how IR35 applies when working outside the…
Two weeks ago, the IR35 reforms came into effect – shifting the liability for IR35 status to the fee-payer. As previous IR35 case law shows, a holistic view of a contractor’s working practices is taken…
The 6th April 2021 has been and gone and we’re now into the 2021/22 tax year. This, of course, means that the…
We’re now into April and the new off-payroll rules are here. There’s no last-minute reprieve on the way so now really is the…
After being delayed by a year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, on the 6th April 2021 the off-payroll legislation reform came into effect for the private sector. Despite murmurs of…
With the private sector IR35 reforms now only a week away, the question on many contractors’ minds is whether it…
It’s a matter of days now until the reformed IR35 legislation comes into effect, so we have a bumper crop…
The loan charge is a piece of legislation that was introduced by HMRC back in 2019, as a means to claim back…
With around two weeks to go until the private sector off-payroll rules come into force, your questions for Andy Vessey,…
