#StopTheUmbrellaScams

[#StopTheUmbrellaScams @UmbrellaScam]

It’s time to #StopTheUmbrellaScams - many #umbrellacompanies rip off contractors & locum workers & also push people into being mid-sold tax avoidance schemes which could lead to another #LoanChargeScandal.

It’s time to tackle this! Close the rogue umbrellas ☔️🛑🌂#fairumbrella

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

We have no intention of dealing with an organisation that refuses to answer important questions in 2 letters & isn’t transparent about key issues. Umbrella company workers need & deserve openness & credible accreditation in a sector riddled with bad practice. Regulation is vital.

[Contractor Voice @ContractorVoice]

The #APPG have written again to Chris Bryce of the @FCSA_org for clarity on the Holiday Pay withholding and other accusations, read more about this through the link below:

https://t.co/gYMpNppCql

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

We are disappointed if not surprised that @cjbryce of the @FCSA_org has refused to answer our questions, again, stating “we do not feel it is appropriate to respond to the questions raised in your latest letter…”. This does nothing to allay concerns of #umbrellacompanies workers

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

We were disappointed that @cjbryce of the @FCSA_org wouldn’t reply to our previous letter regarding concerns over #umbrellacompanies withholding holiday pay.

We have written a further letter with more concerns. We hope to receive a response.

https://t.co/qMovZSmenA

[Kate Steiner via BuzzVestorMedia @KSteinerBizNews]

The omittance of any remark over the Employment Bill and the Single Enforcement Body in the Queen’s Speech, speaks volumes of “indifference” about how discrimination against freelancers and solo business owners is reaching a fever…https://t.co/E8BxPXHZlA https://t.co/j6SNb82lt1

[LeadByExample #PD1 #StopTheLoanCharge @LeadUKByExample]

@loanchargeAPPG @steve_packham @FCSA_org @gregsmith_uk @eastantrimmp @YasinForBedford @LCAG_2019 @AndyIPSE @c_4justice @UmbrellaScam @FairUmbrella I suggest that we get rid of umbrellas and get the agencies/MSPs who hold the direct relationship with the end-client to run payroll. This should help prevent wasteful multi level agencies

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

We are concerned about the implications for contractors & freelance workers in the light of cyber-attacks on #umbrellacompanies & also wish to understand the implications of Smith v Pimlico Plumbers regarding #holidaypay, so we’ve written to @FCSA_org

https://t.co/MSymIWu64Q

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

We are becoming increasingly concerned about the cyber attacks on #umbrellacompanies & the implications for workers.

Yet another reason why legislation is needed to address the many documented issues in the sector as identified in our report last year https://t.co/VjpalUiwP7

[#StopTheUmbrellaScams @UmbrellaScam]

This is a hugely important judgement in the Court of Appeal relating to #holidaypay & #umbrellacompanies ⚖️ ⬇️

Workers will be able to claim holiday pay for every year they’ve denied it! Great news! 👏

#StopTheUmbrellaScams

[Old Square Chambers @OldSqChambers]

Smith v Pimlico Plumbers: Round Two - Court of Appeal judgment handed down. @MichaelFordQC acted for Gary Smith on the appeal, instructed by Jacqueline McGuigan of @tmpsolicitors - case summary via link: https://t.co/lHzkoB65Xq

[Emma Agyemang @EmmaAgyemang]

Unscrupulous umbrella operators are taking advantage of contractors after controversial #IR35 changes, UK tax experts are warning https://t.co/9V3AD00dqg @litrgnews @LordsEconCom @FCSA_org @seeleyharris @ir35shield @Qdoscontractor

[Ruth Cadbury @RuthCadbury]

In my speech I mentioned how umbrella agencies are still targeting many low-paid workers on the frontline- including those working for our NHS.

I wrote to Treasury about this last year & have been raising it for over two years now! 2/4

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

Thanks to former Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG Chair @RuthCadbury for raising the retrospective #LoanCharge in the Finance Bill debate & also the need for legislation to stop the ongoing misselling of schemes & other abuses by some umbrella companies & recruitment agencies

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

Very powerful testimony from people facing the #LoanCharge & tax advisers with clients facing the Loan Charge. Yet again this shows that the rhetoric from #HMRC bears no relation to the living nightmare faced by many people. A resolution is desperately needed. #LoanChargeScandal

[#StopTheUmbrellaScams @UmbrellaScam]

This ⬇️

When will the Government act & do the glaringly obvious thing..? #StopTheUmbrellaScams!

The Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG called for action earlier this year, yet the Government has so far done nothing!
#LoanChargeScandal #LoanCharge #IR35

[Loan Charge & Taxpayer Fairness APPG @loanchargeAPPG]

It’s clear that #HMRC are failing to stop the ongoing promotion & operation of DR schemes & put far more effort & resources into going after those who were/are mis-sold schemes than those who operate them.

Until this changes there will be more & more victims #LoanChargeScandal

[Dave Chaplin - CEO, ContractorCalculator @ContractorCalc]

@gregwrightYP 2017 threw fuel on the fire of DR. Even more in 2021. Contractors who want to protect themselves should insist on agency payroll only - but many agencies refuse. Sitting ducks. Scandalous. #LoanCharge

[Greg Wright @gregwrightYP]

The woman has been told that she supposedly used disguised remuneration, while working within the NHS in 2018-2019. Another heroic NHS workers sucked into this scandal. The umbrella company has vanished. She feels suicidal. #loancharge

[Greg Wright @gregwrightYP]

No sign of issues linked to #loancharge easing. Just received this message: "How can the agencies still be using these umbrella schemes and not letting us know what will happen? It really takes its toll on people's mental health. I had got really close to ending it last year."

[Umbrella Reclaim @UmbrellaReclaim]

'Unregulated umbrella companies have also been accused of facilitating and promoting tax avoidance schemes. This has led to around 6,000 contractors unwittingly becoming involved in tax avoidance or evasion schemes, according to a 2020 survey'

https://t.co/yQLj4Qszhy

[The Guardian @guardian]

TUC calls for ban on use of umbrella companies to employ agency workers https://t.co/GR5pk98jRg