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For the Self-Employed

Clear and compliant contracting for all self-employed engagement needs

The risk

Do you know if your workforce is truly self-employed?

HMRC could attack your workforce’s engagement status even if you have your own contract and procedures in place. They could argue that they are workers or employees of your business rather than being self-employed.

Engaging a self-employed workforce is a complicated matter. Getting it wrong could attract tax liabilities and penalties causing significant disruption for your business.

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Clear and compliant contracting

Be it logistics, healthcare or other gig economy sectors, we save you time, money and reduce your risk by engaging with self-employed workforce in a way that’s straightforward, safe and legal. 

Here’s how we can help you and your business.

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A safe pair of hands to keep you compliant

By stepping into the contractual chain as a Commercial Contractor, we not only professionally assess, engage and verify the workforce for HMRC tax status, but also take on all the commercial, legal and tax responsibilities of contracting. 

As an FCSA accredited company, your business and workforce are in safe hands. In a nutshell, we help you to work with contractors on a continuous, long-term basis in a safe and legal way. 

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A simple, safe and cost-effective way to manage your workforce

Take the hassle and risk out of managing subcontractors with our My Indigo online platform.  Once you’re set up, our dedicated team and bespoke digital platform will manage everything for you. 

From verifying UTRs and insurances, to checking right to work and modern slavery, to taking care of remittances and invoices, we’ve got it covered. 

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A dedicated team just for you

Our friendly, straight-talking Business Development Managers and dedicated registration teams manage everything for you in a clear, safe and straightforward way. 

They are always on hand for help, guidance and ongoing support.  So, whether you need tax, payroll or compliance-related advice, we can provide the help and support you need.

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A smart and safe way to contract

The contractor is our responsibility, and we ensure you have a totally transparent and compliant workforce.

It means that we manage everything for them, from initial vetting, HMRC verification and setup, to regular email and text updates. We also provide weekly payment certificates and annual statements of earnings to help keep their self-assessments simple, safe and hassle-free.

Managing subcontractors doesn’t get much easier or smarter than through our MyIndigo platform.

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Avoid tax and late payment problems

Remember, even if you have a contract in place and believe your workforce are self-employed, HMRC may successfully argue that they are not. If that happens, you could be liable for a hefty tax bill, late payment penalties, and worse, reputational damage for your business! 

We remove the risk by directly engaging the workforce, and taking full responsibility for deductions and payments to HMRC.  This helps you and the contractor avoid any minefields.

03.

A dedicated team just for you

Our friendly, straight-talking Business Development Managers and dedicated registration teams manage everything for you in a clear, safe and straightforward way. 

They are always on hand for help, guidance and ongoing support.  So, whether you need tax, payroll or compliance-related advice, we can provide the help and support you need.

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We reduce risks:

  • Ensuring self-employed is status confirmed by us and is our responsibility
  • By complying with all necessary legislation there’s no need for expensive direct legal advice
  • We are FCSA accredited to ensure compliance is up to date 
  • By taking on the liability for any financial penalties or backdated taxes related to their employment status
  • We check workplace insurances
  • We help you to start jobs on time and to eliminate costly delays
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The Indigo Four Step Action Plan

Our Contract solution protects your business from employment status and tax risk, and removes the administrative hassle of CIS with our tried and tested 4-step action plan.

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Review

We review your contracts and operating practices

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Engage

We engage directly with the workforce 
in a legally compliant manner

03.

Assess

We assess all contractors and subcontractors for their right to work

04.

Manage

We manage weekly and monthly workforce payments

So how does it work?

We engage the workforce directly and take full responsibility for their self-employed status.

As a Commercial Contractor (sitting directly in the contractual chain) we then manage the direct link between your business and the workforce

Our registration team will then onboard your business, contractors and subcontractors to our secure and fully transparent online platform, MyIndigo. You’ll also be assigned a dedicated Business Development Manager to smoothly guide you through the process.

What are the benefits for your business

  • Protect you from employment status issues
  • You are shielded from future tax liabilities
  • Reduced admin will save you time, to focus on your other business challenges and opportunities.
  • Access to our MyIndigo platform for full transparency of workforce profiles
  • We review your contracts & procedures and protect you from risk
  • You will avoid tax penalties from late filing and missed deadlines
  • Friendly, professional and expert team with a dedicated Business Development Manager
  • We are an FCSA accredited company, which means that your business and workforce are in safe hands.

What’s covered?

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Verification of contractors  and subcontractors Unique Tax Reference (UTR) with HMRC

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Full compliance with changing HMRC legislation regulations 

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Thorough Modern Slavery and Right to Work checks

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Full cover of Tax and Employment Laws

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No set-up or exit fees, plus your contract with us is not time or site specific

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Free use of our MyIndigo online platform, dedicated registration team and ongoing customer service.

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Manage the supply chain

Registration couldn’t be easier.  Our dedicated team will efficiently and effectively onboard you to our MyIndigo platform where you can keep fully up-to-date with the engaged workforce, access registration profiles, view right-to-work details and check compliance status. Our team will hold your hand every step of the way, making the process simple and straightforward for you and subcontractors alike.

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Indigo payments with full visibility

Manage all your Indigo invoices in one central hub. Use our extensive search and filter functions to check payment histories and enjoy full visibility with our yearly summary dashboard.

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Upload and manage payment notices

View, upload and easily manage contract remittance and payment notices at any time, with notifications from Indigo when files have been accepted. We use text messages to let engaged contractors and subcontractors know how much payment they’ll receive, backed-up by weekly remittance notices showing all deductions and expenses.

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Your central workforce solution.

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