Thursday, 21 May 2026
Empowering the freelance economy
Enjoy unlimited access to premium freelancer analysis.
Latest stories for Tax Avoidance Schemes.
TAX & CONTRACTING NEWS Contractor insurer Qdos has reported HMRC is issuing letters to contractors it believes have worked via tax avoidance scheme...
The Freelance Informer reached out to Matt Fryer, Managing Director at Brookson Group, to discuss crucial questions contractors should pose before ...
The UK government is struggling to alert temp workers and contractors to the significant risks of "dodgy" umbrella company tax schemes. Many people...
The UK's self-employed must brace for HMRC’s latest direct debt recovery, penalty fees and filing burdens. But there is some promising news on the ...
In this article, we provide an abbreviated breakdown of the key proposals of The Employment Rights Bill pertaining to zero-hours contracts and non-...
HMRC recently added four more tax avoidance schemes to its list of known promoters. While this should be positive news, it raises concerns about th...
Freelancers left frustrated by latest government inaction over umbrella company tax avoidance protections Freelancers forced to work through umbrel...
SPECIAL REPORT If you are starting your contracting journey in 2024 or deciding to take an off-payroll job especially one that the recruitment agen...
The latest discovery by HMRC of an umbrella company servicing contractors is likely part of a tax avoidance scheme is a stark reminder to freelance...
Automating background checks to weed out tax-avoiding umbrella companies could save HMRC time and resources compared to manual investigations. It c...
OPINION HMRC spent 6.5% of its £6.8bn annual budget fighting tax avoidance, according to its 2022/23 expenditure report. For some people, this isn'...
The Treasury is proposing to double maximum sentences for the most egregious cases of fraud from 7 to 14 years to crack down on tax fraud and deter...