Umbrella payroll company director banned over £4.1m tax bill

The director of an umbrella payroll company who was shifting money offshore to avoid corporation tax has been banned from operating as a director

Best Employment Services provided umbrella payroll services and outsourced its operations to a network of Isle of Man companies, and shifted assets to an Anguilla-based company.

Adrian Benedict Sacco, originally from Malta, has been disqualified for eight years after running the umbrella payroll services company with links to the Isle of Man, potentially costing the public purse millions in unpaid income tax, National Insurance contributions and corporation tax.

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