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Role changes and contract extensions: Ask Andy Answers

With 6th April 2021 approaching fast, we’re receiving lots of questions for Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, to answer using his…

IR35 Hub

How everyone in the supply chain can mitigate risk

IR35 reforms in April mean that there are big changes coming to the way that the contractor supply chain works. Everyone…

Contractors

5 simple tips for how contractors can prepare for IR35

There are around seven weeks to go until the private sector IR35 reforms are implemented, so contractors really are in the…

Contracting Life

70% of contractors without support throughout the pandemic

With it being almost a year since the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK, and now less than 2 months to go until the…

Contractors

IR35: What`s happened so far?

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…

Contractors

End Client Edition: Ask Andy Answers

As you may have noticed if you are regular reader of Ask Andy, all of the questions so far have come…

Contractors

HMRC’s CEST Tool is failing 1 in 5 cases – What can contractors do?

It’s been reported by the tax watchdog that HMRC’s own CEST Tool for checking IR35 status has been failing to provide a…

Contractors

Offshore work and umbrella companies: Ask Andy Answers

It’s your weekly reminder that 6th April 2021 and the IR35 private sector reforms are very nearly here. And by ‘very…

Contractors

Client control and equipment use: Ask Andy Answers

Ever wonder if paying for your own equipment as a contractor is an indicator of IR35 status? Or perhaps you’ve…

Contractors

Status Determinations and Public Sector work: Ask Andy Answers

With the private sector IR35 reforms only two months away (and with little chance of being delayed again), Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax,…

Contractors

Will IR35 be the end of contracting?

IR35 is very nearly here. For real, this time. With the coronavirus vaccination programme rolling out through the UK, it’s…

IR35 Hub

The importance of enforcing IR35 insurance

For those who are hopeful of another delay to IR35 reforms, head straight to our earlier blog which will explain why…

Contractors

Supreme Court rules in favour of FCA over Small Business Interruption insurance case

The Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the FCA, and subsequently small businesses across the UK, in a Business Interruption…

Contractors

How IR35 could affect the UK contracting economy

Once the dust settles and we (hopefully) come out of the third national lockdown, the main focus on the UK contracting economy will once…

Contractor Guides

How to manage your contractor workload effectively

Before Christmas, work was picking up for many contractors and we hope that that’s been the case for you, and that…

Contractors

Case Study: When will HMRC ride in tandem with the rest of us?

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…

IR35 Hub

IR35 Reform: Time to prepare, Andy Vessey says no to delay

It happened last year, so it might just happen again, right? With all the chaos of new lockdowns, school closures…

Contractors

Complicated working environments: Ask Andy Answers

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…

Contractors

How to check your IR35 status

As we take tentative steps into 2021, many contractors are focusing their energy on coronavirus and getting through the UK’s…

Contractors

Disputing determinations and larger end clients: Ask Andy Answers

It seems like only last month we heard the Chancellor delay the IR35 reforms for another year, but that was…

Contractors

The Kingsbridge Status Tool vs. CEST: Ask Andy Answers

Andy Vessey, Kingsbridge’s Head of Tax, has been working with IR35 legislation for more than two decades, successfully defending hundreds…

Contractors

Right of substitution: Ask Andy Answers

As we hurtle towards 2021, the IR35 reforms suddenly seem an awful lot closer. If you’re in the midst of…

Contractors

Eamonn Holmes vs HMRC on IR35: What’s happened so far?

The IR35 case around Eamonn Holmes started way back in 2018, and it doesn’t look set to end any time…

Contracting Life

2020 in review: What happened to contractors this year?

You may be thinking a round-up of 2020 is the last thing you want to read and, to be completely fair,…

Contractors

Contract clauses: Ask Andy Answers

This week one of your questions for Head of Tax, Andy Vessey, acts as a sort of case study on what…

Contractors

CEST and Right of Substitution: Ask Andy Answers

Do you have a burning question around the upcoming private sector IR35 reforms? Has CEST got you baffled? Don’t know…

Contractors

I’m an IT contractor. How can I get ready for the IR35 reform?

Unless you’ve been living in an underwater cave with no WiFi for the last few months, you’ve probably heard that the private…

IR35 Hub

What`s new with our IR35 status tool

The Kingsbridge Status Tool is one of the best IR35 solutions currently on the market, but we’re not ones to rest on…

Contractors

What does Rishi Sunak’s spending review mean for contractors?

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,…

IR35 Hub

5 reasons the Kingsbridge Status Tool is the best IR35 solution right now

Somehow, it’s nearly the end of the year. That means we’re just a few short months away from the private…