by Lynne Gowers | Jun 14, 2019 | Agencies, General News, Contractors
HMRC has announced that new technology is successfully stopping fraudsters from being able to mimic some of their most popular helpline numbers, in a crack-down on “number-spoofing” scams. Using the technique, scammers were able to call victims from what appeared to...
by Lynne Gowers | Apr 11, 2019 | Agencies, General News, Contractors
In our last post, we looked at the new tax and and allowances for the 2019/20 tax year, starting 6th April 2019. Following on from that, here’s a refresher on tax codes, specifically what the various letters and numbers mean and how they affect how much you take home....
by Lynne Gowers | Feb 26, 2019 | Agencies, Contractors
This April, an estimated 50,000 people who used “contractor loan schemes” may be hit by huge tax bills as HMRC gains powers to recover tax from such schemes going back to 1999. The controversial loan charge was discussed recently on BBC Radio 4’s popular Money Box...
by Lynne Gowers | Dec 20, 2018 | General News
We want to warn our contractors and recruitment partners about a sharp rise in the number of phone scammers trying to defraud companies and taxpayers by pretending to be from HMRC. According to BBC Radio Live’s Wake Up to Money programme, reports of fraud to HMRC have...
by Lynne Gowers | Dec 7, 2018 | General News, Contractors
A House of Lords report has warned that greater powers given to HMRC to tackle tax avoidance and evasion are undermining law and justice. The Economic Home Affairs Committee said HMRC has been granted disproportionate powers, and referred to the resulting high...
