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Has anyone had experience of claiming the cost of an electrical course against their tax? If you were a sole trader working as an electrician and it was an electrical course for yourself.
Cheers Pete.
Hi all I'm self employed electrical improver what would you put through for food and drink while at work and working away is there an amount the tax man allows per day ? Thanks
Read this and make up your own minds:
BBC News - Amazon faces European Union tax avoidance investigation
This bit caught my eye:
"Most of Amazon's European profits are "are recorded in Luxembourg but are not taxed in Luxembourg", said EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia."
Lets...
Sign the petition https://submissions.epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/70266 to hopefully force the government to review their new road tax rules that means a vehicle could be taxed twice in a month
I am directly employed by a company and have done a tax return for the last 4 years to claim my mileage.
I regularly hear stories about people getting twice as much money back as I do by getting an accountant to do their return rather than doing it themselves like I do.
Is anybody else...
What can I claim against on my income tax?
Specifically can I claim for motor insurance, tax and mot (and associated repairs)?
I'm pretty sure I can't claim for the cost of a van which I own but I can claim for one that I lease? Is that right?
My missus is a house wife and stays at home to rear...
Hi all,
I've recently started work and part of it is working through a company which deals with my returns. However, for this service, the company wants eighteen pounds a week. Is this considered a normal price for managing an individual's tax returns? Thanks for the help!
Went self employed last year and set up my limited company. I've not turned a profit yet but I'm having to make up the company accounts for my tax return.
Most of it is pretty simple, I gave the company a loan myself from redundancy pay and used it to buy equipment, tools, stock and pay my...
Got an email saying i had a tax refund of over £900 quid and click to open a pdf...!!!
If your get anything similar contact HMRC yourself before opening it is a phising / virus scam trying to get your password and other details..
The Email web address starts off in various forms but always...
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anyone on here got a vauxhall combo van 1.3 , just wondering how much the road tax is , was expecting it to be 120 for the year but got the reminder in and its 220
Just wondering if any of you self employed could help sort out my confusion over this one.
i am a sole trader and carry out a lot of work for builders, I am due a payment from a builder who says he will deduct 20% CIS tax, as I am aware of, and registered for.
I don;t understand how this...
So I see some self employed traders claim (or attempt to claim) absolutely anything they can back from the tax man, I think I read somewhere on the forum someone knew some bloke who tried to do this with a new kitchen saying it was for business purposes, which is quite ridiculous... But thinking...
Hi chaps,
Currently working as a self-emplyed sub-contractor. I'm registered as such with HMRC and recently I've been working for a single company and using their equipment and vans. I invoice them at the end of the month with my hours and rate and they transfer the cash.
This month the...
Hi all just a quick question , I'm looking at going self employed in a year or so and looking to buying more tools , tester ,ladders ,etc whilst I'm still employed. If you buy the gear now and keep the receipts is it still tax deductible in a year or so or would I be better off saving and buying...
I'm a self employed sparks working for agencies and sub contracting for the last two years. Before this I was employed so I'm new to the tax return scheme CIs. I earned 28 grand last year paying 30% for 6weeks. My account said I'm looking at about 1200 return but other sub contractors say I...
Hi i recently went sole trader via HMRC and they have sent me a letter to say i am CIS (construction industry scheme) now im confused as i dont know what it means also on the bottom of the letter it states that it does not confirm im self employed unless the contract and terms and rules of the...
Hello everyone anyone who is ecs card holder paye is entitled a tax refund for the last 4 years for traveling to work and other things (meals, lodging,tools ect)
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This is the link to the jib newsletter about it
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hi all ,as recently finding out that you can claim tax relief ON PAYE for laundry cost's can you do the same for tools as over on HRMC website it says you can here HM Revenue & Customs: Tax relief for specialist tools or clothing but this table EIM32712 - Other expenses: flat rate expenses...
Has anybody else received a letter off the tax man in recent weeks listing all the ways people 'make mistakes' in their tax return?
I just threw it away assuming everyone got one but all the people i have asked said they hadn't.
Thinking about it now, it seemed like a warning that i'd be...
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