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

jen_br

WiiMee wrote: »

Welcome back Jen! xx

Thank you!! I am very sore, and looking to get back into MS in september but the jobs are very sparce at the moment aren't they?

nickc1989

Becles wrote: »

I don't claim anything for my line rental. If I wasn't self employed, I'd still have a landline so it's not something I had put in specifically for business reasons. Any chargeable calls I make for work, I put down as the call cost expense. I do have a anytime call plan which again I'd have anyway as I have teenagers, so most calls are free anyway.

I claim all the costs of my mobile phone as that was bought with work in mind. It's got a decent camera on it for jobs, and I check my email and websites on it when I'm out and about. I only make work calls on it. If I was a SAHM or in a fixed place of work job, I probably would only have a basic PAYG phone.

I've never claimed for use of an office. Partly because my office is in the utility room so I share it with the washer, dryer and the dogs beds! Partly because I read something about being charged capital gains tax if you sell your home in the future, but I can't remember how that worked. Might be something to look into.

This is pretty much how I do it: the "wholly and exclusively" rule is used contentiously by some, IMO. (Saying that, I'm still happy that HMRC consider £55 meals for Retail Active as "wholly and exclusively" for business )

As for the Capital Gains Tax rules, you'd be fine to class that as expenses. The CGT relief for first homes is only in doubt if you have an area of your house that is exclusively for business e.g. an artist's studio, and which is never used for personal purposes. So an "office" that also serves a laundry room, guest bedroom, toilet etc. is not a problem, and you can still claim a proportion of running costs (electric, gas etc.) without having to worry about losing your CGT relief.

crescent25

Fiver29 wrote: »

I've just been allocated a purchase and refund with eDigital. It says purchase XXX amount then refund XXX amount, but on the email that came with it I have to buy a certain item and return that item. The item is way more than the purchase amount, so does that mean I can buy something else with the purchase amount that I keep?

I just look at is as if the money for the purchase and refund is your payment for completing those parts of the survey. And as Becles says, to cover the postage and returns costs (if there are any). You only need to purchase the item they've asked you to purchase - you do not have to spend the purchase amount on top of this.

I'm really getting into the eDigital surveys now! They're great!

TractorGirl327

Where is the post on the alert thread by linz81 that I just got an email about?

Littleoldme

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Where is the post on the alert thread by linz81 that I just got an email about?

Just what i came on to ask as well - it shows them as the post recent poster on the menu as well

MoneySavingBecky

The only one i can see form her is about a few re uploads last night at 3am ish

cheekychipmunk

Hi. If anyone has done one of these and can let me know how to decipher the store/receipt code, I would be very grateful for a pm! Can't work it out from the shopper instructions/survey

MoneySavingBecky

its up now!
bare uploads

TractorGirl327

TractorGirl327 wrote: »

Where is the post on the alert thread by linz81 that I just got an email about?

Littleoldme wrote: »

Just what i came on to ask as well - it shows them as the post recent poster on the menu as well

Can see it now. Must be the proverbial MSE glitch!

lisa76

I have just completed my first assignment for PiP and I have tried (twice) to enter my results and submit, both times as soon as I hit submit the page says 'timed out'. Luckily the second time I re entered my results I printed them off so it'll be easier to input again but I am a bit concerned now about what I am doing wrong. I can see no way of getting in touch with them once you log in??? Help!