HMRC Guidance: risk of tax avoidance working through an umbrella company

Published on: 19 November 2021

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HMRC has published two new guidance notes to enable contractors and agency workers working through umbrella companies to check their payslip to make sure they are not involved in a tax avoidance scheme.

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