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Let’s try this again.

if your employer is an actual company and goes bankrupt for commercial reasons, HMRC won’t chase an employee for owed money (HMRC have been clear multiple times when a pressed this point).

If your “employer” differs from above it’s open season - and to be clear most umbrella firms fall into the differs category.

As for auditing umbrella companies (note the lack of quotation marks) I don’t think that’s going to be difficult going forward…

HMRC will target the employee in all circumstances don't be taken in by their offshore employer smoke and mirrors. I was an employee of a UK based and registered company that HMRC held up going into liquidation. HMRC got a 1.8p in the £ settlement with the liquidators. HMRC before and in parallel to this came directly to me for settlement with a direct statement that I was not due any "employer" credit.

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HMRC will target the employee in all circumstances don't be taken in by their offshore employer smoke and mirrors. I was an employee of a UK based and registered company that HMRC held up going into liquidation. HMRC got a 1.8p in the £ settlement with the liquidators. HMRC before and in parallel to this came directly to me for settlement with a direct statement that I was not due any "employer" credit.

Sorry I wasn’t talking about offshore schemes. I was talking to senior people at HMRC regarding where the cut off point is between an employee being chased and not chased as all umbrella firms are at the intersection here.

Manufacturing company going bankrupt owing money - company problem employees safe.
long standing agency going bankrupt - companies problem, employees Safe

umbrella Going bankrupt. Rti submissions match agency reporting and tax paid correctly. company problem, employees save

Dodgy umbrellla firm lying on rti statements or rti statements not matching agency reporting or tax in previous months not fully paid (I.e. all loan / offshore schemes and a fair number of similar items. HMRC will chase the “employees” for every penny,