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Please help me. Income tax emergency
Heya, Long story short, for the 2007/2008 year I earned £7983.60 as self employed. My only income, yet they want me to pay £839.70!!!!:eek: Total tax, Class 4 NIC and Student loan due for 2007-08: £559.80 First payment on account for 2008-09: £279.90 I work for AQA. Why are the government doing this like this? I am really…
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Council Tax - Exempt?
Hi All I am currently renovating my house and as a consequence have moved out. I have contacted the council to see if i would be able to claim exemption for Council Tax. They have advised me that under normal circumstances i would be able to claim full exemption for up to six months however as a previous owner has already…
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Self Assessment - what can I claim for?
Hi, I'm filing my self assessment online and I've just worked out to my horror that certain items such as computer equipment cannot be 100% claimed as an expense. This is a big problem. I have charged £1100 for a job, knowing that I need to buy £1000 worth of software to do it. I am happy to 'make' £100 out of the deal and…
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do I need to submit a Self Assessment?
I have been a director of a small family company since 1999 and on this basis I completed SA, however, in 2008 I got a letter from my tax office saying that I no longer needed to complete SA. It was an unpaid office and I had little other income. My income has gone up slightly but still well within my Personal Allowance. I…
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Help with SA (sorry!)
Hi, I would be very grateful of some help with my SA, sorry for asking at the last minute! An accountant carried it out for me last year, but this year I just can't afford it and so am cutting back. There were some mistakes made on last years return and I'm wondering if they can be corrected on this years. 1. An invoice of…
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Overpaid tax rebate & NI
At the start of this year I was reviewing my girlfriends tax payments as she had been between a few jobs lately and had been on an emergency tax codes and discovered that she had overpaid for the 07/08 tax year by about £300. We sent a letter and photocopies of relevant P45s and P60 to the tax office at the start of…
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AQA Researcher need to know claimable expenses
Heya, I'm filling in my tax for the 2007/2008 year (cutting it fine i know :money:) and just wondered what to claim back? I bought a new laptop in the year for work, but that's about it. How much of the laptop can I claim back in one go this year? Also, can I claim back a portion of Internet costs, considering I use it for…
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Extra work on top of full time job
Hello All, I work full time as a graphic designer. This year i'd like to get some extra work, more likely freelance design work for friends, contacts, that kind of thing. I'd probably only be earning an extra few grand a year, but i know i need to pay tax on it. How do i go about this? do i need to just call the Inland…
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Council Tax rebate (single person) for short term
Me, my wife and kids are staying in a house which is band E and the council tax is very high. Wife and kids are going out of country for 2 months, for this short term of their absence , can I get the 25% rebate from council on my council tax ? If yes then what do I need to do for that ?
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Warning for all the late filers!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7839482.stm Plus - I have not been able to see my client's statement for a few days now!
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Council Tax Discount for Student Nurses?
Hi, Does anyone know if this discount also applies to student midwives? And does this discount only apply to full time or can you be part-time (I am classified by my uni as part time but actually attend uni 9 hours a week, plus between 15 and 24 hours a week placement, which is the same as the full-time students). TIA
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Personal Fuel allowance
Hi everyone, Just wondering if someone could tell me their opinion on this! Before I start, I do appreciate that tax varies regarding what type of car I have and also what I'm earning, but for the purposes of this the car is pretty much in the same class, maybe marginally better than my last one, the old car was 137…
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First Self Assessment
Hello all. I work part time, and last May I bought a flat as a Buy to Let. In July I got a tenant in. My mortgage payments are about £65 less than the rent. So I am making a little bit of profit. My question is, do I need to do a Tax self assessment, and does it have to be in by the end of this month? How do I find out…
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Can I claim back any tax?
Hi All, I finished my last job on the 28th November and didnt start my new one until the 12th January. I didn't claim any jobseekers allowance etc. Can I claim back the tax for this period? (I paid approx £500 tax per month in my old job and probably wont pay half that in this new one) Many thanks for your help
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Can I claim back any tax?
Hi All, I finished my last job on the 28th November and didnt start my new one until the 12th January. I didn't claim any jobseekers allowance etc. Can I claim back the tax for this period? (I paid approx £500 tax per month in my old job and probably wont pay half that in this new one) Many thanks for your help
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There is a silver lining
I spent a larger chunk of the weekend than I would have liked completing my tax return. The silver lining is that I always use this opportunity to conduct a comprehensive spending review of my own, it's funny how the distance of just a few months makes me think "did I really need this?" or in most cases "what a waste of…
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Self Assessment Tax Return query
I have been self employed for a few years, though stopped working in Mar 07 due to pregnancy and I haven't worked since. I received maternity allowance and once baby arrived in Jun 07 I received child tax benefit. Do I need to do a self assessment to declare this? Also I am unsure if I will go back into this work - maybe…
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self-assessment late submission penalty
Hi all - just found out my sister hasn't done her tax return; I've started the process to allow her to do complete online but if the necessary pin number doesn't arrive in time I wonder if anyone can comment about the penalty for late submission of the paper form? I know there is a £100 liability but I have a vague memory…
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Tax confusion
Good evening all, I have recently started a new job and now need to decide if I'm going to take a company car or not. So far I've tried several online tax calculators and I'm still confused. My basic salary is £35000 gross My annual bonus £ 1100 My car allowancce £519/month gross My pension will start next month at 8% I…
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capital gains tax estimate
I bought a house in Nov 97 for £66000 then moved in with my wife into her house and immediately took over her mortgage ,which we have lived in since. I rented out the original property until this year(2009) when we got divorced. She wants the original house which has the market value of £170000. She says that I wont be due…
