'Aggressive' tax avoidance scheme in HMRC's sights

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HMRC has said it will pursue users and promoters of an "aggressive" tax avoidance scheme run by high flying recruitment business Anderson Group.

The scheme, uncovered by the BBC, exploits the government's Employment Allowance, and if not stopped could deprive the Treasury of tens of millions of pounds of National Insurance payments. Anderson Group said all of its services are fully compliant with UK tax laws. It denied it is promoting the scheme tax experts have branded "aggressive" and said it is a product being offered by one of its clients. Anderson Group, which calls itself the UK's "leading provider of support services to the recruitment industry" has hundreds of agencies and thousands of contractors on its books. T...

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