granddaddylow:
Doing a bit of work for a new agency. They offered/encouraged me to sign up for a scheme which gets me a bit more pay £1.50 an hour or so. And allows me to claim mileage from home. Called a hybrid scheme. The way they said it it sounds like you get some of the benefits of being a limited driver, without being one.Any reason not to sign up? Things that sound to good to be true sometimes are…
It’s illegal if they’re putting you in for mileage. Even if you were properly self employed HMRC treat travel between your home and the first place of work of the day and the last place of work of the day and back to home as ordinary commuting and it is not claimable.
Sounds like an umbrella scheme but I suspect they neglected to tell you about the fixed weekly fee which is the same whether you work 50 hours or 5 a week.
Do not take anything except PAYE.