HMRC has asked us to share the below message about its refreshed “Tax avoidance – don’t get caught out” campaign.
“HMRC’s refreshed ‘Tax avoidance - don’t get caught out’ campaign helps contractors who are self-employed or employed through an agency or umbrella company to understand their pay arrangements, so they don’t get an unexpected tax bill.
Contractors or agency workers who may be employed through an ‘umbrella company’ can read our guide on what it’s like to work through an umbrella company to see if they are at risk of tax avoidance.
They can also use our payslip guide to understand more how their payslip could look, and use the interactive risk checker to check their employment arrangements for the potential of being involved in tax avoidance.
To further help support your clients, customers and members, we ask that you also signpost the following:
A ‘contractor’ is someone who provides services to clients that do not directly engage them. This may be through an ‘umbrella company’, an agency, a partnership, or their own company, such as a Personal Service Company. This applies to employed and self-employed individuals.
HMRC wants to help the contractor community to understand their pay arrangements, so they don’t end up with an unexpected tax bill.
But it is not something we can do on our own. We would appreciate your support in reaching contractors and agency workers with the helpful messages contained in the ‘Tax avoidance - don’t get caught out’ campaign.”
HMRC has also published a range of new guidance documents for stakeholders to use in support of the “Tax avoidance – don’t get caught out campaign”. Guidance on checking payslips for contractors and agency workers working through umbrella companies together with an online checker for signs of tax avoidance is also available.
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