BN66 - Time to fight back: Continued

[twinkle]

You may find that if you ever have to use one of the big recruitment agents (eg. Alexander Mann), that they will not deal with the "agency in Warrington" which represents MP. Many of the big players now have a policy of only offering contracts to:

• Personal Service Companies
• Umbrellas which are fully signed up for PAYE

In my last assignment I had to get a letter from my brolly stating that I would only be paid via PAYE before the agency would agree to sign the contract.

As I said earlier, many of the big agencies have been warned through their accountants to steer clear of anything iffy.

When you say Personal Service Companies do you mean single person LTD companies ? ie DonkeyRhubarb Consulting Ltd

[TheBarCapBoyz]

In my last assignment I had to get a letter from my brolly stating that I would only be paid via PAYE before the agency would agree to sign the contract.


Which is indeed what the "agency in Warrington" do as you are fully taxed on the income you receive from them.

The rival DMS/Cascade scheme have to sign the same agreement and that isn't the problem. The problem is, all the agencies and end clients, Barclays amongst them, know who "the agency in Warrington" are (MTM or whatever they're called these days).

They could try being sneaky and set up another company somewhere else but I guess sooner or later they'd get found out again.

[DonkeyRhubarb]

When you say Personal Service Companies do you mean single person LTD companies ? ie DonkeyRhubarb Consulting Ltd

Yes. Now this was going back a couple of years ago, so the situation may have changed since then, but at the time they were very picky about which umbrella cos they would deal with.

[TheGadgetMan]

Closure Notices - Who's Recieved Them?

just an update please guys and gals...can we please have a quick straw poll on who has received a Closure Notice and who hasnt...

I haven't received mine yet...and I don't want to be left out!!!

...and in any case, if HMRC sent mine out but it got lost in the post, how would I know?

[BrilloPad]

just an update please guys and gals...can we please have a quick straw poll on who has received a Closure Notice and who hasnt...

I haven't received mine yet...and I don't want to be left out!!!

...and in any case, if HMRC sent mine out but it got lost in the post, how would I know?

Do try to keep up at the back! Dont you read EVERY post here!

Okay! Okay! There are alot of posts here!

montp not received many closures so far - regional offices not doing as told - HMRC lead office not happy. montp not happy as closure notices should not go out until after JR sorted!

Lets face it though - its a bit of a sideshow. Personally I want to see the date for the JR. I know quite a few here are thinking of attending - might be good for us all to meet up? I am in two minds about this - a friend of mine met with a few on the scheme one night - and everyone just succeeded in depressing one another! This should be an opportunity to support one another!

BP

[DonkeyRhubarb]

just an update please guys and gals...can we please have a quick straw poll on who has received a Closure Notice and who hasnt...

I haven't received mine yet...and I don't want to be left out!!!

...and in any case, if HMRC sent mine out but it got lost in the post, how would I know?

I haven't.

Good point about post getting lost, it does happen. I moved house a couple of months ago, I did inform Hector and I have set up a redirection but stuff can still go missing.

Anyone know how many closure notices MontP have received so far?

[Emigre]

Anyone know how many closure notices MontP have received so far?

When I sent mine in last week NW said she was working through a pile of them. Bear in mind that when they arrive you get one for each year in the scheme so in total MP could be looking at over 5000 of them. Probably why Hector head office is so keen to get them all issued.

[theoctopus]

still waiting to receive my closure notice too. It will probably arrive in the week before Christmas - a nice seasonal message from Hector and Mr You-know-who

[Ratican]

Closure Notice

I want to call somebody to find out if my closure notice has been sent. Don't want to risk it going missing and missing the appeal date. HMRC systems are terrible at keeping individual's data in one place. I've moved house a lot and I still get letters from different offices being sent to different addresses...

I heard that the closure notices are sent out by local offices. Is that right? If so - how do I find out my local office? Probably who the tax returns are sent to?

[Emigre]

Mine was sent by the local office. You should be able to identify who they are from any correspondence you have recived other than in regard to the investigation. Not sure I would ask though. Perhaps you could ask when they expect to complete their investigations - its taken n years with no apparent progress...