Reply to: HMRC list of dodgy tax avoidance schemes

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 16 December 2025.

Additions:

• Only Best Limited
• Workplace Wizards Limited

Updates:

• Aura PAYE Limited. (So soon!)

Hmmm… Only Best looks familiar…

(Promoter) Only Best Limited (OBL) (Company registration number: 13558067) / (Connected Person) Mr Shamin Noor Islam (director of Only Best Limited) / (Any other role) Acquda Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 13492671) / Miwsa Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 14671026) / Balance Bay Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 14820111) / Employe Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 15001745) / Payroll Pros Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 15381415) / Five Payroll Solutions Ltd (Company registration number: 15242407) / Clickpay Solutions Ltd (Company registration number: 14784342) / Click Pay Solutions Management Ltd (Company registration number: 15610690) / Payloc Limited (Company registration number: 15346582) / Levelup Payroll Ltd (Company registration number: 15284534) / Level Up Associates Limited (Company registration number: 15496244)

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 16 December 2025.

Additions:

• Only Best Limited
• Workplace Wizards Limited

Updates:

• Aura PAYE Limited. (So soon!)

[eek]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 11 December 2025.

Additions:

• Simply PAYE Limited

Updates:

• Umbrella Link Ltd

That Simply pay one is interesting and something I've seen a fair bit recently - the sales pitch has moved from minimising tax paid to aggressive (and unjustified) expenses claims

And remember that umbrella expenses are very tightly controlled because HMRC regarded even legitimate ones as dubious..

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 11 December 2025.

Additions:

• Aura PAYE Limited
• Kingsborough Enterprises Limited
• Revolve Limited (incorporated in the Isle of Man)
• Engage Limited (incorporated in the Isle of Man)
• Acuity Professional Advisers Ltd
• Jadecourt Limited
• Magna Limited (incorporated in the Isle of Man)
• Simply PAYE Limited
• Eagle Pay Limited

Updates:

• Umbrella Link Ltd

There are massive numbers of companies involved in these dodgy entities, just look at Aura PAYE for example:

(Promoter Aura PAYE Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 14749788) / (Connected Person Mr. Neil Jon Marchant (director of Aura PAYE Limited) / (Any Other Role Acquda Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 13492671) / Miwsa Ltd (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 14671026) / Balance Bay Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 14820111) / Employe Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 15001745) / Sphere Salaries Limited (in liquidation) (Company registration number: 15210883) / Quickconnect Workforce Ltd (formerly called Bosworth Solutions Ltd) (Company registration number: 15095449) / Five Payroll Solutions Ltd (Company registration number: 15242407) / Clickpay Solutions Ltd / (Company registration number: 14784342) / Click Pay Solutions Management Ltd (Company registration number: 15610690) / Levelup Payroll Ltd (Company registration number: 15284534) / Level Up Associates Limited (Company registration number: 15496244) / Payloc Limited / (Company registration number: 15346582) / Remedy Recruitment Group Limited (Company registration number: 04651426)

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 4 December 2025.

Additions:

• Glendyne Limited
• Link Requirements Limited
• Pennywise Contracts Limited
• Celsius Services Limited
• APLO SVCS Limited
• Erudite Partners Ltd
• Albury Hills Ltd
• Future Payroll Ltd

Updates:

• K & B Umbrella Ltd
• Manthon Solutions Limited

[cojak]

This was introduced in 2018 to target the enablers. But it doesn't seem to have put cojak out of a job.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collec...dance-enablers

Yes, my hatred burns as brightly as it ever did.

[woody1]

That hasn't worked..

Clearly not.

They need to make it unlawful, with jail time and/or swingeing penalties, to remunerate workers with anything less than 100% PAYE.

[eek]

This was introduced in 2018 to target the enablers. But it doesn't seem to have put cojak out of a job.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collec...dance-enablers

That hasn't worked..

[woody1]

This was introduced in 2018 to target the enablers. But it doesn't seem to have put cojak out of a job.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collec...dance-enablers

[cojak]

Probably not unless legislation is changed to make it so. Currently it’s up to punters to make sure they don’t fall foul of the rules.

[northernladuk]

Mark Aylwin Turner has control or significant influence over all of the payment companies.

Surely Mark Aylwin Turner needs his collar felt for aiding/enabling tax evasion does he not?

[eek]

Do you know if all the schemes you have been listing here are contractor ones? I'm guessing there must be some non-contractor ones out there.

Unbelievable that so many new ones keep popping up. Clearly there must still be a demand despite it being well known that nothing works.

There is still a whole world of dodgy agencies (in sectors such as healthcare) using dodgy umbrellas to undercut the rates legitimate agencies need to charge to workers.

Add workers who don’t know what’s going on and need work - (possibly a few more pence per pound) and you can see the issue

[woody1]

Do you know if all the schemes you have been listing here are contractor ones? I'm guessing there must be some non-contractor ones out there.

Unbelievable that so many new ones keep popping up. Clearly there must still be a demand despite it being well known that nothing works.

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 13 November 2025.

New additions:

• IFL Management Limited
• Manthon Solutions Limited
• Alpha Pay limited (Based in Isle of Man)
• Datamatics HR & Consultancy Ltd

IFL play 'Hunt the penny':

Individuals provide services to end clients as self-employed contractors who utilise IFL Management Limited’s umbrella services. IFL Management Limited receives money from end clients or agencies. After IFL Management Limited deduct their fee, the funds are passed down to either Tarbet Ltd or Jupiter Online Ltd, or both of them, who then facilitate payments to one or more of, Tarbet Ltd, Payroll (UK) Limited, Talmine Contracts Ltd, Milton Contracts Ltd, Bocaddon Limited, or Iceni Trading Ltd (the ‘Payment Companies’). One of the Payment Companies’ part-pays the contractors for the work carried out. These payments are reported on the contractors’ self-assessment tax returns. The contractors then receive a second amount from one of the Payment Companies which is described as a ‘self-employed workers loan’. The second payment is not declared on the self-assessment return and neither Income Tax or National Insurance contributions is remitted to HMRC.

And I love it when HMRC names individuals:

Mark Aylwin Turner has control or significant influence over all of the payment companies.

[cojak]

The most recent additions and updates to the list of named tax avoidance schemes, promoters, enablers and suppliers in section 3 below were published on 30 October 2025.

Addition:

• Temp Contracting Limited

And just to keep the dodgyness in one place, here’s a quote:

The company provides their services via the website vividpay.co.uk.