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…
Chances are, one of the reasons you became a contractor was to have more control over your working life: being…
One of the banes of being an employee is seeing an advert for a job that you know you could…
As pretty much all contractors will know by now – and if you don’t, where have you been? – the…
Presenter and journalist Adrian Chiles has reportedly won his IR35 appeal against HMRC, after undergoing years of protracted HMRC investigation…
If you are studying for or seeking to start your engineering career in the not-too-distant-future, you may have been giving…
Most of us have a LinkedIn profile sitting there, but an awful lot of us just use it as a…
Today, Friday the 11th of February is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science. The annual awareness day…
If you decided to operate as a limited company contractor (as opposed to being a sole trader), then choosing a…
The winners of the Feefo Trusted Service Awards 2022 have been announced and we’re proud and excited to say that…
With the cost of living rising and the news rife with stories of vulnerable people struggling to get by, those…
Directors’ and officers’ liability insurance (D&O for short) often falls into the category of “I doubt I need that,” accompanied…
Now that we’re firmly planted in 2022, it’s a good time to start getting finances in order and, like it…
Love it or hate it, LinkedIn is still a really valuable resource for IT contractors in terms of promoting your skills and service…
One of the things a lot of employees take for granted is having someone else take care of the financial stuff.…
It’s always good to look back on the year to see how far we’ve come and while 2021 wasn’t quite as action-packed…
Let’s be honest, one of the best perks of being self-employed is not having to be answerable to anyone over…
It’s December 2021 and the new IR35 legislation has been in effect in the private sector for eight whole months,…
As we get to the end of the year, all eyes are on Christmas, so it’s easy to forget that…
We’ll be honest, if you haven’t heard about IR35 by now, we sort of envy you. You’ve obviously been living…
Being a contractor, it’s important to have a lot of resources at your disposal. Whether that’s news that’s relevant to…
“I’m going to become self-employed so that I can do my own accounts. I love paperwork, spreadsheets, and complex legislation,”…
We don’t want to panic anyone, but have you noticed that it appears to be the end of November already?…
It’s not uncommon for contractors to sometimes take a break from self-employment. This could be for many reasons, including taking…
This month, Andy’s received quite a few questions on which particulars of an engagement can affect an IR35 assessment. It…
The bounce back loan scheme (BBLS) was part of the financial support package that the government created for businesses back towards the start…
Former Sky Sports presenter, Dave Clark, has lost an IR35 appeal carrying a tax liability of over £281,000. Dave Clark was operating under his limited company,…
October’s always a strange month. With Halloween and half term it goes by with the knowledge that once it’s over we’re on…
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when you get a great deal on a product or service, you just have to tell…
On the 27th October, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, delivered the Autumn Budget 2021 announcement. The speech emphasised…
If you told us back in April that we’d still be writing our Ask Andy column in October, we’d have…
