Reply to: Anyone heard of or have used this company

[cojak]

Do you know, I might well move all the other one post Charlie's into this thread.

[Jessica@WhiteFieldTax]

Not really that comforting when HMRC are quite happy to use a sledgehammer

Quite. Any scheme like this will work until HMRC decide it doesn't. That may nor may not be a good position, but it is the reality of tax law in 2014.

[Jessica@WhiteFieldTax]

Inoh LinkedIn profile says they have been in business since 2000. The company has been registered at companies house for six months.

Some discrepancy there...

That ** could ** be legitimate due to a restructure or buy out. You'ld need to know more of the history and backstory - my business, for example, has only been incorporated for a couple of years, but it bought out a division of a larger practice which I owned for 25 years before that, pre sale of the bigger part.

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

I just had an e-mail from these guys. Looks like they are on a post finance bill marketing drive. I liked their statement that Robert Venables confirmed compliance by saying this:

"The INOH Trust strategy is tax planning carried out with the finesse of a surgeon's scalpel, not with a sledgehammer"


Not entirely convinced that Mr Venables confirms compliance... And I think he has said himself that people keep taking his quotes out of context.

Not really that comforting when HMRC are quite happy to use a sledgehammer

[andyc2000]

I just had an e-mail from these guys. Looks like they are on a post finance bill marketing drive. I liked their statement that Robert Venables confirmed compliance by saying this:

"The INOH Trust strategy is tax planning carried out with the finesse of a surgeon's scalpel, not with a sledgehammer"


Not entirely convinced that Mr Venables confirms compliance... And I think he has said himself that people keep taking his quotes out of context.

[cojak]

In fairness, they do have company information on the bottom of their 'Contact Us' page, although their company number is incorrect - it should be 08783447 and their registered office is a mail forwarding address, and doesn't match the Companies House information. So some sloppy admin?
As for their use of 'Whois Privacy Protection Service' - this could be naivety on their part, although it may indicate that they are registering, and managing, their domain in bad faith.

Anyway, read the HMRC scheme enquiries thread and decide if you really want the stress. If you are on this site and, therefore, have access to the reality of these schemes, then you would be totally bonkers - in fact fvck1ng stupid, to use them.

If you really, really, really want to press ahead, then use an established firm who explain the risks rather than firms who can't even be bothered to get their company information correct, hide behind mailing address and don't allow their domain information to be accessed.

They may have scurried to register themselves but they still don't have a VAT number...

[TheFaQQer]

Inoh LinkedIn profile says they have been in business since 2000. The company has been registered at companies house for six months.

Some discrepancy there...

[TheFaQQer]

Anyone heard of or have used this company

Any company whose Director you don't know, whose address you can't doorstep, should be avoided.

Remember Compusource ...

I do. More appropriately, remember Compusource.

Mod edit to remove innocent company name..

[TheFaQQer]

In fairness, they do have company information on the bottom of their 'Contact Us' page, although their company number is incorrect - it should be 08783447 and their registered office is a mail forwarding address, and doesn't match the Companies House information.

It does now - it didn't when this thread was created. The LinkedIn profile has also changed to show that they are no longer American, they are based in London.

Best Umbrella Solutions was only incorporated in November 2013 so haven't yet filed any accounts. Personally, I'd find someone with a decent track record, unless they had some kind of amazing incentive for me to risk working for them.

[cojak]

Anyone heard of or have used this company

Any company whose Director you don't know, whose address you can't doorstep, should be avoided.

Remember Compusource.

Edit: did it again - Doh!

[jbryce]

They are an American company, according to their LinkedIN profile.

Their domain name has privacy enabled so there is no public record of who registered it.

There is no contact information apart from the UK-based phone number - no address, no company name, nothing.

If they aren't prepared to put on their website the details of exactly who they are and where they are based, why would you trust them with your money?

In fairness, they do have company information on the bottom of their 'Contact Us' page, although their company number is incorrect - it should be 08783447 and their registered office is a mail forwarding address, and doesn't match the Companies House information. So some sloppy admin?
As for their use of 'Whois Privacy Protection Service' - this could be naivety on their part, although it may indicate that they are registering, and managing, their domain in bad faith.

Anyway, read the HMRC scheme enquiries thread and decide if you really want the stress. If you are on this site and, therefore, have access to the reality of these schemes, then you would be totally bonkers - in fact fvck1ng stupid, to use them.

If you really, really, really want to press ahead, then use an established firm who explain the risks rather than firms who can't even be bothered to get their company information correct, hide behind mailing address and don't allow their domain information to be accessed.

[Boo]

I spotted a typo in the FAQ. Avoid.

Whilst I agree they sound like they should be avoided, the above is actually a non-sequiteur.

Boo

[BigTime]

I gave some fake details to see their report (I got the email too) and whilst it looks glossy and professional, I spotted a typo in the FAQ. Avoid.

[TheFaQQer]

They are an American company, according to their LinkedIN profile.

Their domain name has privacy enabled so there is no public record of who registered it.

There is no contact information apart from the UK-based phone number - no address, no company name, nothing.

If they aren't prepared to put on their website the details of exactly who they are and where they are based, why would you trust them with your money?

[cojak]

Read this post:

(Umbrella) companies - check them out BEFORE things go wrong!

You need to be able to trust a company. If there are no matches to the searches below, the company is breaking the law. Do you want to do business with such a company?

registered office site:inoh.org

VAT site:inoh.org

So decide yourself, because I’m afraid that we aren’t going to tell you.