{"id":34572,"date":"2016-11-15T19:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T12:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/revealed-temp-agencies-avoidance-scheme-costs-taxpayers-hundreds-of-millions\/"},"modified":"2016-11-16T14:51:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T07:51:06","slug":"revealed-temp-agencies-avoidance-scheme-costs-taxpayers-hundreds-of-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/revealed-temp-agencies-avoidance-scheme-costs-taxpayers-hundreds-of-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"Revealed: temp agencies' avoidance scheme costs taxpayers 'hundreds of millions'"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn the first of a series on the UK\u2019s increasingly precarious world of work, a Guardian investigation uncovers the use of \u2018contrived\u2019 financial arrangements to slash national insurance bills\u2022 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 \u201chundreds of millions\u201d of pounds a year, a Guardian investigation has found.A number of agencies have been making large windfalls by using \u201ccontrived\u201d financial arrangements to slash their employer\u2019s national insurance bills. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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