non-compliance Archives - Freelance Informer

Off-payroll is “loss-making exercise for the Treasury”

IR35 reforms and complicated off-payroll rules are costing taxpayers and public sector projects millions of pounds and high-calibre talent. The Freelance Informer asks IR35 experts: what’s it all for? In a week, the High Speed 2 (HS2)…

Umbrella industry left unregulated for another year

Freelancers left frustrated by latest government inaction over umbrella company tax avoidance protections Freelancers forced to work through umbrella companies were left disappointed today after the government's announcement on tackling…

Goodbye, contractor blanket bans?

A legislative fix to off-payroll working rules taking effect on April 6th should reduce the perceived financial risk of engaging contractors commonly known as contractor blanket bans The start of the new tax year today - 6th April -…

Tax non-compliance in the umbrella market: isn’t it time the masquerade party came to an end?

The umbrella market has been a hotbed for tax non-compliance, with unsuspecting temps and contractors falling foul of tax avoidance schemes every year. A new report assesses the damage to workers and the umbrella companies that are…

HMRC has “real-time data” on tax avoidance and non-compliant umbrella companies. Why…

Dave Chaplin, CEO of Contractor Calculator, shares his concerns about HMRC not using the data it has at its disposal to shut down tax avoidance schemes. Plus he answers Freelance Informer reader questions about the pending regulation of…

New PayePass CEO Kermode on stamping out umbrella industry non-compliance: “There really is…

We ask ex-FCSA chief executive, Julia Kermode, about her appointment as the new CEO of umbrella company compliance specialist, PayePass, and how she aims to stamp out non-compliance in the umbrella industry supply chain. Her appointment…