How to avoid payslip fraud
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Check that the tax and National Insurance shown on your payslip or deduction statement has been paid correctly if you're an agency worker, temporary worker or contractor, or you work through an umbrella or payroll company.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 4
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Check that the tax and National Insurance shown on your payslip or deduction statement has been paid correctly if you're an agency worker, temporary worker or contractor, or you work through an umbrella or payroll company. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Affects of payslip fraud
- What is payslip fraud
- Why avoiding payslip fraud matters
- How to avoid payslip fraud
- If you're paid under the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS)
- Check the deductions in your payslip match HMRC's official records
- Warning signs of organised labour fraud
- Understand how you're being paid
- Know your employment rights
- If you think you're affected
- Reporting fraud to HMRC
Source and licence
HM Revenue & Customs
AttributionHM Revenue & Customs, ‘How to avoid payslip fraud’ (updated 25 August 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026