The legallity of Umbrella companies

[fiddleabout]

It used to be a civil offence.

You can't be jailed for a civil offence but you can for a criminal offence. Serious evasion used to be treated as fraud I think.

[Debbie Reinvented]

Been illegal for a while

The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.


~ Denis Healey ~

[fiddleabout]

Intoduced in 2000

www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/bulletins/tb49.htm#new

[Debbie Reinvented]

given that my memory gives up at anything more than a couple of weeks ago ... 2000 is forever ago to me!

[fiddleabout]

It stuck in my memory because they brought it in when IR35 started.

Coincidence?

[Buckstewerbuck]

fiddle what is your problem.

I do not work for K&B...I admitted to trying to get referrals...

the quote about the 'we've' bit was taken from the giantgroup website. I just wanted to give an example of a dispensation.

You cant just go ranting about how one firm is dishonest bunch of crooks, and yours is honest saintly!!! WTF

apologises for whatever I have done to get you going, but I do think you have taken alot things out of context, and jumped to wrong conclusions.