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Boss making me self employed, am i better or worse off?
Hi there Ive got a question I was hoping someone would be able to help me with. The company I work isnt doing very well and in order to save on paying employers contribution tax my boss has told me that he is going to make everyone class themselves as self employed. We would still get the same wage except we would be…
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tax?????
I am registered self employed since December 2012, I bit the bullet and rang up to register myself. I am waiting for some sort of code to give to an accountant but have not received anything yet. I don't fancy ringing up again. I have searched for the coding on the website but have found nothing. Did receive a notice…
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PAYE tax help please.
My husband is waiting for his tax rebate after going through an accountant - all his colleagues had got theres, so he rang them. He was told his rebate is there (£3000) but it's on hold as he owes the taxman £488 from 2011/12. He got a rebate last year no problem through his accountant so wasn't sure what was wrong. They…
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Historic property valuation
Hello everyone I was wondering if someone could please help me. I am trying to do a CGT calculation and struggling to find a historic property valuation..............from March 1982. I have tried local estate agents and chartered surveyors with no success. I have also tried to calculate the increase from the date of…
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there not picking up :(
I recentley gave up my job and am trying to start my own little job up. I am making no money at all right now other than an avon round. tax people just sent me a letter saying they undercharged me £63 in tax. I need to ring them due to the fact i need to pay the amount to them gradually. but after 35 minuites on hold i…
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Meals, Susbsistence, Hotels etc??
Self employed person selling cleaning franchises. Assume reasonable cost of meals and drinks when they travel round the UK can be claimed. What about if they pay for trainees lunch or hotel accommodation. These are people who are interested in buying a set up package from the self employed person. If the self employed…
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Owed 10K
I filed my SA return on 13 May. I've overpaid tax of £10k. The online "help" tells me that this takes 10 working days to process. So the refund should be processed by now (today is the 11th working day) but having phoned 0845 0900 0444 I hear a message telling me to wait for 4weeks for the repayment ....!!!! Any…
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Private fuel tax benefit-help!
Hello all, Hopefully a very quick question, but I can't tell exactly the answer from the hmrc website... I currently have a company car for which I claim business miles (and so pay all private mileage). I am due to change this car in September and have been asked if I want to opt in to my private fuel being paid at that…
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First time higher rate tax payer - SIPP, foreign income, interest, charity
The 2012-13 tax year was the first year that I was a higher rate tax payer. I made some contributions to a SIPP, which I'd like to claim tax relief on, and I also had a one-off payment for some work I did in the USA, which I haven't paid any tax/NI on at all, and I also made some charitable contributions, which I think (?)…
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Self assessment Repayments????
Hi, does anyone know how long it takes for money to be in your bank account when it says Bank Repayment Pending on your HMRC status? Did my tax return on the 28th of April and asked for my repayment (just over £1000) to be paid directly into my bank account. After 48 hours it still showed up as if I hadn't requested a…
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Council tax-proving a negative
I opened a letter today, telling me that it had come to the council's attention that a Mr G. had moved out of my house on 30 April. I've been asked for details of when he arrived, when he left and threatened with the withdrawal of the single person's discount if I don't reply in 14 days. The thing is-I don't know a Mr G. I…
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How much will my pay increase by?
Hi all, I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this. I am looking to move to a different job which could see pay increasing from 38,748 to 55,000 and I'm trying to work out what the actual take home would increase by, only taking of what I'd call government deductions, tax, NI etc. I know that I would be further into…
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Advice please...have I done this right?
Hi I have submitted my self assessment tax return but I am hoping I have done it right I was employed initally on about £33k per year. I then also became self employed as a second job as a nursing business. I earnt £2170 from 28.2.13 - 5.4.13 but had expenses which I submitted as a total amount of £1352. These included all…
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Tax return
I've just filed my tax return on-line only to find that I owe £130 for 2012/12. I get a state pension and this is deducted from my tax allowance. HRMC issue my private pension with the adjusted tax code and my smallest pension deducts 20% at source based on a BR code. I just don't understand how I owe this. I've had no…
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Newly Self Employed - Confused!
Hi All, I was wondering if someone here could clarify a few things for me. On 20/5/13 I started my own business and advertised myself for admin services. I received a few responses and have been booked now for 3 months minimum with one company. I get paid a flat rate per hour and I invoice the company at the end of the…
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Benefit - Con
I have a part time job - that has an added benefit (Ops OUT !!) of limited health insurance - for FREE !! (or so I thought) Due to my circumstances (multiple pensions and past experience of MAJOR cockups by Tax offices) - I am currently on self assessment for my income tax - I received a letter yesterday (from HMRC)…
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wage slip tax help plz
My husband received his final wage slip from his previous employment - it said he had earned 2 hours overtime at £17 he had £169 in unpaid leave, he had £0 national insurance and his tax said -£158 tax, his take home pay was £0 - can anyone please tell me what the minus sign before the tax means. Also when he first started…
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Tax code (120l) help please!!
Hi there, am hoping someone can help me- it may be that I dont really have anything to challenge with my work but hopefully I do!! My annual salary is approx £28k and with a company car- I received payslip this morning and for some reason tax code is now 120L and I am receiving less money than last month and previous…
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CPD abroad
I was planning to visit my sister in Australia for a couple of weeks. I am self employed. If I was to attend a CPD course while there, say for one day, could I claim tax back on my flights? If say I was visiting my sister in Perth but travelling to Sydney to do the CPD would I be able to claim for all 4 flights?
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Help with P11D
Hi all, An ex-employer has filed a P11D for last year for a 'company car' I drove for 4 months. However, the car was a hire car which I understand (possibly wrongly!) is not subject to company car tax. My ex-employer is 'dodgy' to say the least - refused to give me an employment contract while I was there which was one of…
