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…
In a critical examination, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) meticulously assessed HMRC’s performance in 2022-23, placing particular emphasis on its…
Contractor Stuart Barnes (former professional rugby player and now rugby commentator) wins his IR35 case against HMRC. Mr Barnes was…
With Rishi Sunak now appointed as PM, and Jeremy Hunt as Chancellor, they will no doubt continue their program of…
The IR35 reform repeal has caused quite a stir, and if you’re sitting there wondering what exactly it means for…
Earlier this year, Kingsbridge undertook a survey of contractors, recruiters and end clients to examine the contracting landscape one year…
The introduction of the off-payroll rules in 2017 for the public sector and 2021 for the private sector, shifted the…
It’s understandable that, as a contractor, the last thing you want is to be investigated by HMRC for IR35. We’re…
With the IR35 reforms now just over a month away, it really is time to get your house in order…
We’re now more than a month into the new tax year, and more than a month since the ‘soft-landing’ to…
Recently, Kingsbridge’s IR35 experts Ryan Dawson and Matt Tyler hosted the ‘IR35 – One Year On’ webinar to mark a…
In Kingsbridge’s recent contractor survey, an enormous 90% of contractors that had appealed an IR35 status, told us that they…
IR35, officially referred to as the “off-payroll working” rules have been making life more complicated for contractors, recruiters and their…
In recent months, two reports into the implementation of the IR35 tax reforms have been released: IFF HMRC Research Report…
IR35 insurance and Legal Expenses has become a regular part of business insurance for many contractors since the introduction of…
If you’re new to contracting, or have been taking a bit of a break, you may not be up to…
Chances are, one of the reasons you became a contractor was to have more control over your working life: being…
As pretty much all contractors will know by now – and if you don’t, where have you been? – the…
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…
This month, Andy’s received quite a few questions on which particulars of an engagement can affect an IR35 assessment. It…
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,…
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)…