Reputable umbrella agencies

[youngguy]

Oh and to add when deciding on an umbrella pick one that has a portal that isn't eezytime.co.uk or anything else thar uses Merit.

JustAccounts. My Digital, Octopaye, Flexr are all cloud based software - Merit frequently isn't which opens up some additional risks.

Interested in hearing your concerns about Merit and eezytime Eek

[eek]

Interested in hearing your concerns about Merit and eezytime Eek

Merit is desktop software (not a great idea when it's windows that is mainly targeted by ransomware gangs)

Eezytime is there as it's an easy way of identifying their even less IT literate customers (where Merit is doing everything for them).

[dardasim]

So as you can tell this is my first time dealing with umbrellas.. I just contacted the NASA one.
is it normal that they won't issue a unique tax code for my 2 contracts (the two agencies I work for) but 2 separate one? I thought that was the point of working for an umbrella. Plus I'll have to pay more because I have more than 1 contract (something like 110£ a month).

Is this normal? Nobody is trying to force me in umbrellas, my 2 agencies are happy to pay me as PAYE.
But I thought that going umbrella ment having just 1 payslip, 1 tax code and simplify everything out...
What would be the difference between having 2 PAYE contracts, and 1 umbrella company issuing 12 tax codes?

I'm baffled.