Reply to: Unbelievable

[craig1]

You know its annoying that the government has been pretty merciless and cut throat towards the users of these schemes - with retro APNs, Follower Notices and the current aggressive stance towards EBTs etc.. But there is nothing at all to punish the same directors that keep popping up with new companies, peddling this sh*t..

yes - caveat emptor - if your foolish enough to take the risks, then you have to accept when the taxman comes calling.. but surely some sort of punitive measures against companies of this kind (and their directors) would kill this industry dead? (similar to Agents being legally on the hook for PAYE/NIs for False Self Employed)..

[conspiracy theory mode]
It helps keep thousands of HMRC staff employed to leave these scheme owners out of jail.
[/conspiracy theory mode]

[CDJ]

Must be a new version of Darwin - this exert from an IOM newspaper shows Darwin going into liquidation Over 85% Take Home - Is it still appealing? - All Umbrella Companies Are Equal

You know its annoying that the government has been pretty merciless and cut throat towards the users of these schemes - with retro APNs, Follower Notices and the current aggressive stance towards EBTs etc.. But there is nothing at all to punish the same directors that keep popping up with new companies, peddling this sh*t..

yes - caveat emptor - if your foolish enough to take the risks, then you have to accept when the taxman comes calling.. but surely some sort of punitive measures against companies of this kind (and their directors) would kill this industry dead? (similar to Agents being legally on the hook for PAYE/NIs for False Self Employed)..

[speling bee]

I got that Darwin spam text on the 6th as well

"Access 90% of your contract after tax with our umbrella.
Free illustration and £750 sign up bonus."

whoop whoop.....

I hope the £750 bonus is a loan from a Dutch Antilles based Trust in a fast depreciating foreign currency. Otherwise, I'm out.

[Caprichoso]

True, there's never been a shortage of fools to be parted from their money by scheme providers. In today's world it must be pretty obvious that it's financial suicide though.

Their registered address is 1 Poultry, that had me suspecting immediately.

The current company is Darwin Marketing Limited. All Rights Reserved. 2a Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1HP
Company number: 008800V. VAT registration number: GB 003 7686 81.


I merely list this so any search hopefully brings this site up...

Nice one.

[Fandango]

I got that Darwin spam text on the 6th as well

"Access 90% of your contract after tax with our umbrella.
Free illustration and £750 sign up bonus."

whoop whoop.....

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

The current company is Darwin Marketing Limited. All Rights Reserved. 2a Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1HP
Company number: 008800V. VAT registration number: GB 003 7686 81.


I merely list this so any search hopefully brings this site up...

Like your thinking

[eek]

The current company is Darwin Marketing Limited. All Rights Reserved. 2a Lord Street, Douglas, Isle of Man IM99 1HP
Company number: 008800V. VAT registration number: GB 003 7686 81.


I merely list this so any search hopefully brings this site up...

[LisaContractorUmbrella]

Must be a new version of Darwin - this exert from an IOM newspaper shows Darwin going into liquidation Over 85% Take Home - Is it still appealing? - All Umbrella Companies Are Equal

[eek]

They're still in business?

well they spammed my phone today and I was trying to find out where they got my number from..

I don't imagine they care, just start up a company everytime the previous one dies...

[CheeseSlice]

Just gone over the information darwin sent to me this afternoon after I asked for details for a laugh....

They're still in business?

[eek]

Just gone over the information darwin sent to me this afternoon after I asked for details for a laugh....

They claim to have had 7000 customers over the last 5 years.

So that is 7000 customers either with or eventually getting nice IOU letters from HMRC....

[Taita]

Was it any different in the past?

Contractors have been burning to death in dodgy schemes since the late 1990's.

Or even before you were born

[TykeMerc]

Yeah look at Amazon/Google etc avoiding tax they'll get theirs soon.

Not even close to comparable, do at least try not to be a stupid as your usual personae.

[BrilloPad]

Lisa did you post this just to boast about how much you earn?

Sounds like nothing to me. I would put in £865,000

sasguru

[Unix]

True, there's never been a shortage of fools to be parted from their money by scheme providers. In today's world it must be pretty obvious that it's financial suicide though.

Yeah look at Amazon/Google etc avoiding tax they'll get theirs soon.