MYSTERY SHOPPING THREAD XVI - please, no mention of client names or fees on here

numps

yes me a few days ago, I sent a message about it.

borders

Well, I filled in my tax return last week for the first time. Have now received a nice tax rebate in my bank account. HMRC are ok with me! :D

ukmonkey

borders wrote: »

Well, I filled in my tax return last week for the first time. Have now received a nice tax rebate in my bank account. HMRC are ok with me! :D

I'm planning on doing mine in a few weeks, hoping for a big fat rebate, but I've no idea what I'll get, if anything. Whilst I've done 6 or 7 jobs that were massive paper-losses, I do regular jobs each month that make a fairly healthy paper profit, so no idea yet!

Fingers crossed though...

MoneySavingBecky

On the tax subject...
I just filled in the certificate of small earnings exception
Do i need to do a tax return now also or wait til next year :S I have NO clue!
I earn way below the threshold anyway so I wont need to pay

cheekychipmunk

MoneySavingBecky wrote: »

On the tax subject...
I just filled in the certificate of small earnings exception
Do i need to do a tax return now also or wait til next year :S I have NO clue!
I earn way below the threshold anyway so I wont need to pay

If you have registered as self-employed, you should receive a self-assessment notification through the post. One word about the small earnings certificate - if you are planning on having any children in the near future, its worth paying the £2 or so a week NI contributions as the amount of maternity pay you get is about £120 a week compared to £25. It doesn't go on earnings, just paying the self-employed NI rate ensures you are entitled to the full benefit. I think if you have the exemption certificate, you also lose out on other benefit entitlements, but I might be wrong. Hope this helps someone

MoneySavingBecky

cheekychipmunk wrote: »

If you have registered as self-employed, you should receive a self-assessment notification through the post. One word about the small earnings certificate - if you are planning on having any children in the near future, its worth paying the £2 or so a week NI contributions as the amount of maternity pay you get is about £120 a week compared to £25. It doesn't go on earnings, just paying the self-employed NI rate ensures you are entitled to the full benefit. I think if you have the exemption certificate, you also lose out on other benefit entitlements, but I might be wrong. Hope this helps someone

Thanks a lot! Very helpful! :j

borders

MoneySavingBecky wrote: »

On the tax subject...
I earn way below the threshold anyway so I wont need to pay

I'm below it as well but have other income and wasn't sure how complicated that would make it. Have redundancy money sitting in the bank that I had paid tax on some interest, and that's where my rebate has come from. Pleasantly surprised about how quickly they paid it.

clippy_girl

hmmm i have not sorted tax yet, planning on doing it this week. i registered as self-employed over the phone but i have not been sent a form and i cant seem to do it online as need a code. going to phone them.

according to my spreadsheet i owe about £260 tax on what i earnt last year. although that does not take into account my blackberry contract that i use just for mystery shopping so will be adding that on as an expense. should reduce it

blindman

mimi1234 wrote: »

Do QDOS do anything other than gyms? I quite liked doing that for them, but at the time, they said they only did the gym in my area.

They have a hotel client now

PM me for details

Glyndwr_2

MO2 wrote: »

What have you done?

I have no idea. A sentence telling you you're no wanted longer on the programme doesn't tell you anything. Another company disappeared from my profile overnight as well. I now haven't bothered doing the reports I owed them so they'll have to get someone to do those again.