Property News · November 15, 2016

Revealed: temp agencies' avoidance scheme costs taxpayers 'hundreds of millions'


In the first of a series on the UK’s increasingly precarious world of work, a Guardian investigation uncovers the use of ‘contrived’ financial arrangements to slash national insurance bills• Help fund our journalism by becoming a Guardian Supporter or making a contributionAn aggressive tax avoidance scheme used by temp recruitment agencies is depriving the taxpayer of “hundreds of millions” of pounds a year, a Guardian investigation has found.A number of agencies have been making large windfalls by using “contrived” financial arrangements to slash their employer’s national insurance bills. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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