Hi All,
I’m here looking for help or recommendations on where to go. I’m posting on behalf of my sister, who’s been working for agency nurses.
She received a letter from HMRC about an umbrella company she used in 2017.
The letter headlined, you may have been involved in tax avoidance!
Were writing to you about the employment arrangement you had with Mercy Global consult Ltd.
you may not have realised this but those arrangements could be tax avoidance. When you signed up to them the possible tax consequences may not have been clear to you.
If those arrangements are tax avoidance, you may not have had the right amount of tax and national insurance contributions deducted from your earnings. So, you could end up having to pay more tax and national insurance contributions you can find out more about this in the section called, the risks of using tax avoidance arrangements later in this letter.
Letting you know so you can make sure you do not use tax avoidance in the future. We take action to challenge those who promote tax avoidance arrangements. We are equally committed to helping people make sure they do not use tax avoidance arrangements in the first place. This letter tells you about tax avoidance and how to spot it.
There are 6 pages in total. She worked for them for about 1 month and changed umbrella companies. All umbrellas where recommended and had to be used to commence work.
I’ve always told her to for a company but she was adamant that the agencies wouldn’t allow it, now she’s in trouble.
I’m reading horror stories and wondered, what she should do.
Having called up the company, they’re saying it’s HMRC phishing and to do nothing but they’d say that, won’t they?
Please comment if you know more.
Thanks
I’m here looking for help or recommendations on where to go. I’m posting on behalf of my sister, who’s been working for agency nurses.
She received a letter from HMRC about an umbrella company she used in 2017.
The letter headlined, you may have been involved in tax avoidance!
Were writing to you about the employment arrangement you had with Mercy Global consult Ltd.
you may not have realised this but those arrangements could be tax avoidance. When you signed up to them the possible tax consequences may not have been clear to you.
If those arrangements are tax avoidance, you may not have had the right amount of tax and national insurance contributions deducted from your earnings. So, you could end up having to pay more tax and national insurance contributions you can find out more about this in the section called, the risks of using tax avoidance arrangements later in this letter.
Letting you know so you can make sure you do not use tax avoidance in the future. We take action to challenge those who promote tax avoidance arrangements. We are equally committed to helping people make sure they do not use tax avoidance arrangements in the first place. This letter tells you about tax avoidance and how to spot it.
There are 6 pages in total. She worked for them for about 1 month and changed umbrella companies. All umbrellas where recommended and had to be used to commence work.
I’ve always told her to for a company but she was adamant that the agencies wouldn’t allow it, now she’s in trouble.
I’m reading horror stories and wondered, what she should do.
Having called up the company, they’re saying it’s HMRC phishing and to do nothing but they’d say that, won’t they?
Please comment if you know more.
Thanks
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