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Unsure of whether I would earn enough as sole trader
Hi guys, this is my first post on moneysavingsupermarket, and I just wanted to get some info on setting up as a sole trader whilst also working in full time employment. Basically, I know that if I set up as a sole trader I need to register the compnay with HMRC, thats fine, and I know about the class 2 NI contributions a…
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Start Up Costs
Hi All, Looking for advice on legal fees initially regarding our startup retail business. We have secured 8K of funding from the government back start up loans scheme and have 2k cash of our own to invest. Alongside that i have extensive personal credit available on a 0% for 12 months basis to back initial stockholding. We…
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Recording laptop purchase
Please could someone clarify what the procedure is for marking down the purchase of a laptop in the accounts and tax return. It will be used 100% for business, so I wont have to worry about determining business/personal use. Thanks
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Register UK Ltd Company - Recommended formation agents?
Hi, I'm about to register a (private) limited company in the UK, rather than doing it directly with Companies House I wanted to use a formation company and buy one 'off the shelf', mainly to get a 'central London' address for the new company, plus standard articles of association etc. I've searched on this forum but I…
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Wanting to Expand Business
Hi For the last few years I have been running a small home business providing payroll services to small local businesses. Usually a few employees and nothing much else - as I have not really tried to drum up business as I have a full time job as well. I have one client with over 200 employees. I get good feedback from…
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Starting a charity
Hi My grandson was born sleeping just before Christmas and my daughter has been today to look at the price of headstones. They are so expensive and as she is a single parent, her partner left when she was pregnant, and is only on minimum pay it is going to take forever to save the money to pay for one. My questions is can…
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Online merchant accounts? Business accounts
Hi Partner is a sole trader. He rents business premises so has to pay business rates. He has just got rid of an expensive chip & pin terminal and merchant account but he needs something that will: 1) enable him receive payments online 2) give him merchant account number - is it true that if you are a sole trader it is…
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Should I have spare PC in case of failure
Hi All, I am currently using a laptop for business use. It's quite a few years old, but it works well enough so I'm not planning on upgrading. There is another PC in the house which used to be used for personal use, but since getting a tablet, it is rarely (if ever) switched on. I'm considering selling it as I'd rather…
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Where do I find all info about a logo?
Hi I have seen a rival company logo that I think is very similar to my copyright company logo. I want to know when the rival company logo was copyrighted. Free is best, but I don't mind paying a small fee. Who do I contact? The local library? Special website? Thanks in advance.
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tax return, sole trader.. need a bit of help :)
Hi, I first became a sole trader in nov 2011, i made a loss first year, on my first tax return i stated i wanted to carry forward the amount of loss i had made, so on the second years tax return do i put that i want to carry forward the loss amount minus any profit from this year? so say i had a loss of £500 first year, i…
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Police Haul Boy 12 From Class Over FB Cameron Post
Many youth clubs are struggling to survive as charities or volunteer organisations and this boy from Cameron's own constituency was trying to save his from closure by holding a peaceful meeting outside. He reports that Anti terror police tried to scare him off and took him out of his education to warn him off drawing…
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Marketing activity gone bad - help!
Please help! I took an ad out in a well named magazine last year. As you can imagine the sales guy was very accommodating and promised the earth (without promising it on paper!) Once the mag was published they started on at me about paying up for the next year. I told them that I would rather wait until I could see what…
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Bank account that automatically transfers a % of each deposit
Hi folks We heard a while back that there was a bank account that would automatically transfer a % or a set amount from every deposit that was made into a current account into a savings account. Does anyone know which bank it is? This would be really helpful for us saving up for VAT - a direct debit isn't sufficient as…
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Small Claims - Time to pay
Hello, I don't often visit this board, but I'm hoping for some advice. I'm a sole trader and a client owes me £600. This is 3 invoices from December 2012 - february 2013. A large portion is made up of expenses. (yes, it was stupid of me to exceed my £200 expense limit, but he'd been a client for a while). I eventually got…
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No address can I file N1 papers via email
Does anyone know if I am unable to get an address for a defendant, can I serve an N1 claim form via email? If so, any advice on what form and associated charges?
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Importing from India to UK
Hi, I need to send 5 parcels from India to UK, approx. for 30-40 Kgs. I need to send some hair products. I am travelling as well. What be the cheapest and recommended way of taking these packages? Using a company or exporting myself as excess baggage? If I transport the items as excess baggage for example - do I have to…
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Small Claims Court - Solid Case?
Hi Just looking for some advice. I been running a successful computer repair business for approx 5 years without a single complaint. I was contacted by a home user who was having problems with a web based flash game and advised updating adobe flash player was ending in an error. I agreed to try to resolve his issue…
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Small business bank account?
I need to open a small business bank account. Any recommendations for excellent customer services and low (or preferably nil) bank charges? Thanks.
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Freeindex.co.uk
I am more posting a review about freeindex as I have found it very useful on many fronts so would recommend it. Firstly it is very useful for reviews and I do ask my customers to leave reviews, I say this as reviews off site give much more confidence than a testimonial in the text of the site as its much more likely to be…
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Out of hours ATM deposits?
Can anyone please tell me which (if any) banks offer the option to make deposits into business accounts via their ATMs out of hours? Lloyds said they did but don't (I opened an account with them only to find out I had been misinformed) Nat West apparently only offer the service at branches without a deposit machine inside…
