Comments on: HMRC has “real-time data” on tax avoidance and non-compliant umbrella companies. Why hasn’t the umbrella industry been cleaned up sooner? https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/hmrc-has-real-time-data-on-tax-avoidance-and-non-compliant-umbrella-companies-why-hasnt-the-umbrella-industry-been-cleaned-up-sooner/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=hmrc-has-real-time-data-on-tax-avoidance-and-non-compliant-umbrella-companies-why-hasnt-the-umbrella-industry-been-cleaned-up-sooner Empowering the Freelance Economy Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:23:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Susan Grant https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/hmrc-has-real-time-data-on-tax-avoidance-and-non-compliant-umbrella-companies-why-hasnt-the-umbrella-industry-been-cleaned-up-sooner/#comment-3749 Tue, 05 Sep 2023 09:23:45 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=13930#comment-3749 What is the point in umbrellas – they seem to me to be payroll bureaux or should be.
Compliance could be made a lot simpler but saying that agencies have to do the payroll themselves or subcontract it.
It is not necessary to add in yet another unnecessary layer of obfuscation and expense, as far as I can see.
Please correct me if I’m wrong.

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