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Starting a business on JSA
I've posted this on a couple of boards as i'm not sure who's most likely to have the info - sorry if this is wrong! I've been on JSA for almost 15 weeks and have a review at 9am tomorrow - haven't had a meeting since my first one 13 weeks ago, have just been filling in forms. I've decided to start a business teaching…
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Claiming expenses as self-employed
Some context: I've been self-employed for about a year now and I'm at the moment trying to understand expenses in the HMRC sense. I've mentioned to my mum a couple of times in the past about wanting to buy an iPhone at some point in the future and she's said on both times that I could get it covered as a 'tax deduction'…
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considering to cease trading by 30 sep 11
hi this is my first post hope its in the right place ive been told by hmrc that my company owes a £400 penalty for late filing of a form, which i believe is to with employers paye and was due to be submitted online by 19th may i only discovered it was a problem when i queried how to pay the first 3 months paye of this…
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Small Business
My Daughter is 18, just left school and would like to start a small business, do you know of any government schemes to help. She does not want to be unemployed:D
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Who does air freight from China the cheapest please
Hi I was wondering if anyone here could help me with finding out who does air freight from china the cheapest. I know shipping would be best but i cant wait the 5 to 8 weeks it would take. There is DHL and fedex. The last item i had sent over from China cost £31 however, i think fedex is meant to be cheaper. My question…
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Bankrupt but setting up new business
Hi all, I’m after some advice, my girlfriend recently went bankrupt and the bankruptcy status (I’m sure there’s an official phrase but I confess I don’t know it) ends on September 30th. She wants to set up her own small business but I’m concerned that she’ll struggle to get support from the banks. I’m happy to invest money…
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Trust Deed and a Members Club
Firstly I hope this is a suitable place to put this request. Our model aircraft club is having some problems. After many years of moving from rented field to rented field we bought our own piece of land 20 years ago. To do this a Trust was formed and a number of respected club members were made Trustees. The land was paid…
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Streamline Debt - No Statement?
Hi I hope someone can point me in the right direction or advise if I should post on another board. Around 2 years ago my dad was a victim of cardholder-not-present fraud. The amount was about 6 grand. He has been paying this back at around £200/month. Since initial correspondence about the fraud etc there was no contact…
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Charity preschool and VAT
Hi We're a registered charity and local preschool. We're registered with OFSTED and most of our funds come from the government funded places for 3+ year olds with a bit of cash from the unfunded younger kids. Anyway I was looking into VAT registration and can't seem to find a definitive answer (why am I not surprised?) Our…
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Companies Offering Business Rate Reductions
Just a quick note to say, we applied to one of these companies that help get your business rates reduced following the huge hykes us small businesses have had to endure, tried to fill in the endless flow of paperwork direct with the council, but this was to no avail, through the complexity of the paperwork, I do like to…
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Small Business Rates Relief Nightmare
A bit of background first: My husband has a small business which he is a sole trader, he has been in business for 11 years and was entitled to small business rates relief. In 2006 we bought another business in a different local authority, incorporated a a limited company and applied for small business rates relief. We were…
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New business Funding
I am starting up a business and need about £100K to do so. I am currently considering my best options for raising the funds. I have a property which is let to tenants on which the mortgage is fully paid off. Therefore I think the best way to raise the funds for the business is to get a mortgage on this property. However, I…
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Registering as Self employed
My beloved missus started work as a Childminders assistant two weeks ago. She is self employed and it is for 16 hours per week. We have registered for Class 2 NI, told tax credits and completed the online registration for the newly self employed. All this was done two weeks ago. We have heard from the NI people and tax…
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Charity Internet merchant services account
I'm working for a charity and investigating how we can accept payments for events etc via our website. We won't be processing large amounts or numbers of transactions so I wondered if there were any accounts aimed at charities with lower running costs? We only need the internet merchant account as our website already has…
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Govt. Savings Guarantee Query
Yip, you know what I'm gonna ask. Does the government bank savings guarantee also cover someone's money in a UK business bank account? I bet it don't!
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Can I send an invoice only after payment is made?
Hi all!! I recently registered as self-employed. This is not the first time I work as freelancer/sole trader, but many years ago I had big (veeery big!!) troubles with invoices that were never paid (or paid years later!! :( ) so that I had to pay tax on that invoices without having the money in first place. So I was…
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Website to help with employees
Hi I am a very small business H & I, and we have taken on a couple of part time staff. We have registered with HMRC for PAYE etc but is there a website that can advise on staff issues i.e. contracts,what we need to do re staff i.e. H&S and any other issues that may need to be covered haveing staff? ive done a general…
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Setting up a web based business - questions
Hi, I currently work full time for a local authority but my dream is to work for myself and I have been looking into setting up a website offering online/telephone Counselling and Psychotherapy. I would probably start this off slowly, remaining in employment, but would hope that after a year or so, I would have built it…
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VAT registration threshold and overseas sales
Hi, I have just been going over my books for the past 12 or so months and it appears that i have gone slightly over the VAT registration threshold on a couple of occasions over a rolling 12 period. Am i correct in thinking that i do not include any international sales when calculating my turnover for VAT registration? If…
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Advertising.
Hi, I hope i have posted this on the right board. I started my own cake decorating business in Brighton and its been going ok so fair. Had a few orders from friends family and friends or friends. My problem is getting the word out. I know word of mouth is the best advertisment i can have but i was just wondering of some…
