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    Recruiter insisting on umbrella invoicing when sole trader agreed

    It just feels completely pointless to go with an umbrella company for a one off week or work. I've never needed to use them before and won't use them again.
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    Recruiter insisting on umbrella invoicing when sole trader agreed

    Thank you! If I have to go with umbrella, I'm guessing the big chunk they take off my rate for the 5 days will come back to me at the end of the financial year?
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    Recruiter insisting on umbrella invoicing when sole trader agreed

    Hello, I'm a freelance producer and I've always invoiced as a sole trader. I took a 5 day role through a recruitment agency, completed the assignment and was told to invoice the recruiter as a Ltd company or through an umbrella. Id said from the start that I can only invoice as a sole trader...