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…
We blinked and now it’s March, which means the IR35 reforms are now but a month away. So, without further…
Yesterday, Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak delivered the Spring Budget 2021 announcement. As expected (and much like last year), the focus of the budget revolved around the coronavirus…
In yet another round of TV personalities vs the taxman, Loose Women star Kaye Adams beat HMRC this week in an appeal over…
On Friday 19th February, it was reported that Uber lost its contractor workers’ rights appeal to the Supreme Court. After initially losing employment tribunals and the Court of Appeal, Uber appealed to…
The IR35 reforms are due to come into force on 6th April 2021 and, on the whole, energy sector contractors are…
With 6th April 2021 approaching fast, we’re receiving lots of questions for Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, to answer using his…
There are around seven weeks to go until the private sector IR35 reforms are implemented, so contractors really are in the…
With it being almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK, and now less than 2 months to go until the…
With the off-payroll reforms to the private sector only 2 months away, we thought now would be a good time to look back over the history of IR35, which first came into…
As you may have noticed if you are regular reader of Ask Andy, all of the questions so far have come…
It’s been reported by the tax watchdog that HMRC’s own CEST Tool for checking IR35 status has been failing to provide a…
It’s your weekly reminder that 6th April 2021 and the IR35 private sector reforms are very nearly here. And by ‘very…
Ever wonder if paying for your own equipment as a contractor is an indicator of IR35 status? Or perhaps you’ve…
With the private sector IR35 reforms only two months away (and with little chance of being delayed again), Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax,…
IR35 is very nearly here. For real, this time. With the coronavirus vaccination programme rolling out through the UK, it’s…
The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the FCA, and subsequently small businesses across the UK, in a Business Interruption…
Once the dust settles and we (hopefully) come out of the third national lockdown, the main focus on the UK contracting economy will once…
Before Christmas, work was picking up for many contractors and we hope that that’s been the case for you, and that…
In the recent case of Mr Chris Townsend v Bikeworks CIC, Chris Townsend, a qualified cycle instructor, claimed he was unfairly dismissed by Bikeworks, a social…
While Andy Vessey was taking a well-earned break over Christmas, Kingsbridge’s other resident IR35 expert, Matt Tyler, was standing in. Normally, our Ask Andy questions…
As we take tentative steps into 2021, many contractors are focusing their energy on coronavirus and getting through the UK’s…
It seems like only last month we heard the Chancellor delay the IR35 reforms for another year, but that was…
Andy Vessey, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, has been working with IR35 legislation for more than two decades, successfully defending hundreds…
As we hurtle towards 2021, the IR35 reforms suddenly seem an awful lot closer. If you’re in the midst of…
The IR35 case around Eamonn Holmes started way back in 2018, and it doesn’t look set to end any time…
You may be thinking a round-up of 2020 is the last thing you want to read and, to be completely fair,…
This week one of your questions for Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, acts as a sort of case study on what…
Do you have a burning question around the upcoming private sector IR35 reforms? Has CEST got you baffled? Don’t know…
Unless you’ve been living in an underwater cave with no WiFi for the last few months, you’ve probably heard that the private…
Last week’s spending review by Chancellor Rishi Sunak made for some pretty gloomy listening, no matter how expected it was. The main focus was,…
