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anamenottaken

sammyjammy wrote: »

Thats only for the last three years, it only says for previous years that he was paid in cash, kind of implies there may be a further issue for investigation there.

Why do you think the tax situation needs to be investigated?
PAYE is the responsibility of the employer to have paid over to IR/HMRC.

He has written terms from 1998 - which should show continuity of employment. That is something which nonetheless could be checked by Fred.

choille

I don't know the politics of them - being a crofter I'm in the Crofting Union, the Crofting Federation, but I presume that farm workers could & may join the NUF as I do know some crofters join them also.

DVardysShadow

choille wrote: »

I don't know the politics of them - being a crofter I'm in the Crofting Union, the Crofting Federation, but I presume that farm workers could & may join the NUF as I do know some crofters join them also.

Yes, the problem is that if that if Fred and his employer are both members, then the NUF is in a conflict of interest position and cannot be trusted to help Fred

choille

Granted, but - I personally sought advise from my union & was referred to a brilliant guy who gave his Thurdays to CAB & I got such specialist advice on a very complex area of Crofting Law & that was against another crofter - so, if he is a member of a union then he should seek their advice, referrals etc as why pay subs?
But he may not be a member of NFU - worth mentioning, I thought in case he was.
Don't know why I'm being so defensive now.

ses6jwg

I asked because many people get paid "In cash" to avoid paying tax towards the services they use e.g. the NHS.

rupee99

DVardysShadow wrote: »

Yes, the problem is that if that if Fred and his employer are both members, then the NUF is in a conflict of interest position and cannot be trusted to help Fred

I think the NUF is the National Union of Farmworkers who may be able to help Fred, the body representing farmers is the NFU, The National Farmers Union.

DVardysShadow

rupee99 wrote: »

I think the NUF is the National Union of Farmworkers who may be able to help Fred, the body representing farmers is the NFU, The National Farmers Union.

Thanks for clarifying.

rupee99

computershack wrote: »

Is wrong - its a joint responsibility. There have been plenty of people who have got tax bills from HMRC when their employer hasn't paid it. The only defence they would have is if they had proof it had been deducted in the form of wageslips and P60s given to them by their employer.

If someone is paid under a PAYE scheme their tax liability is dealt with via their employer. HMRC will not seek payment of tax from someone who has sufferred deduction of PAYE unless they believe there has been some kind of conspiracy to evade tax, in which case the demand will be accompanied by a criminal prosecution.

An employee DOES NOT have a joint responsibility with his/her employer.