JSA Rant, Sorry

Hammyman

JoshSoph wrote: »

I have got to now survive on £65 for 2 weeks with a 7 year old and 19 year old in the house plus my bills are due out of my account next week, which are well over the £65 mark.

So you don't get any child benefit or child tax credits then?

Why isn't the 19 year old contributing towards the bills?

JoshSoph wrote: »

I have no choice but to do so although not many employers will take on someone for 16 hours though!

Say what? One of the complaints most jobseekers have is that many jobs are part time. Obviously you've not been looking whilst you've been on your free ride at the taxpayers expense.

Gordon_Hose

The OP wanted to better herself. Good on her I say.

This way she can get a better paid job and pay more tax to fund her "free ride". Better than just being a work shy maggot all your life imo.

JoshSoph

viktory wrote: »

Surely the OP will be getting tax credits and child benefit?

Yes but they are not due unti next week either!!

JoshSoph

custardy wrote: »

why would you give up FT work for a one day course?
would it not have been smarter to get the 19 year old to babysit for the 2 evening classes and retain a FT job?

I gave the job up to pursue a career that would give my children a better stability for the future!!

My son has only just moved back in with me in the last month, he lived with his dad for 12 years 108 miles away, so it was impossible to ask him to look after his sister then !!

JoshSoph

Gordon_Hose wrote: »

The OP wanted to better herself. Good on her I say.

This way she can get a better paid job and pay more tax to fund her "free ride". Better than just being a work shy maggot all your life imo.

I have never been work shy and have always worked even when my children were babies, I have also been a single mum to them both and no not through choice either!

Once qualified I will be earning a lot more than most people on here will be able to, hence why I have taken the route I have taken but I have just come across a stumbling block at the moment.

JoshSoph

I came on here to let a little steam off from earlier but also just to see if there was any constructive advice out there, unfortunately, I have received the complete opposite apart from one poster (thank you) so I will not be putting anymore posts up on this site as it certainly isn't user friendly!!!

eskimo26

JoshSoph wrote: »

I came on here to let a little steam off from earlier but also just to see if there was any constructive advice out there, unfortunately, I have received the complete opposite apart from one poster (thank you) so I will not be putting anymore posts up on this site as it certainly isn't user friendly!!!

Yes the forums is a mess, don't just quit on them without saying anything to the people in charge because frankly they need to know that having people ignore their forum rules is not ok.

They also need to know that people are quitting the forums because of hostile posters and trolls which should not be happening since they appear to be obsessed with making this website 'friendly'.

The more people make a noise about this the sooner they will change things i'd hope.

Just for the record Gordon Hose's post was in support of you, i think you misread it.

Hammyman

JoshSoph wrote: »

Yes the course will better my life even though it is one day a week, as it is for AAT (if you do not know what that means it's for Accountants and Technicians) to which I will be able to have my own Book keeping business working from home so I do not have to 'sponge' off the Government anymore for childcare costs etc!!

AAT? I know exactly what its for as my wife's bosses missus does exactly what you're hoping to do and has for donkeys years. I can tell you now she would employ you without it and give you the time off to do your AAT basically because even though you've got the certificate you know nothing other than the basics.


People who go to businesses like hers do so in the expectation that she knows enough about tax and VAT that she can save them money. If they just want someone to do the books, people doing book keeping from home are ten a penny and you have to do something above simple book keeping to get the business. Whilst most others in the area are chasing scraps, she's having to take people on to cope with the workload.

This is what she provides and several things are what you'd need to do stand out from all the other people who've thought it was a good idea:

Extended cash book
Double entry book keeping
Book keeping upto trial balance
Income and expenditure accounts
Account reconciliations – single or multiple bank accounts
Audit liaison
Vat including Deminimis (partial exemption), monthly & quarterly vat returns and assisting in inspections if required
Admin services including typing up of quotations, customer correspondence, making difficult phone calls, etc.
Setting up office systems
Training staff
Setting up procedures and protocols
Credit control
Proactive debt collection service
Farm accounting
Forensic accounting
General troubleshooting

AAT is also something you can do as home study or evening class. There is absolutely no reason to give up a full time job to do AAT or at least if you are going to give up a fulltime job then for the love of god sign up to a fulltime course so you complete it in 8-10 months instead of three years.

JoshSoph

Hammyman wrote: »

AAT? I know exactly what its for as my wife's bosses missus does exactly what you're hoping to do and has for donkeys years. I can tell you now she would employ you without it and give you the time off to do your AAT basically because even though you've got the certificate you know nothing other than the basics.


People who go to businesses like hers do so in the expectation that she knows enough about tax and VAT that she can save them money. If they just want someone to do the books, people doing book keeping from home are ten a penny and you have to do something above simple book keeping to get the business. Whilst most others in the area are chasing scraps, she's having to take people on to cope with the workload.

This is what she provides and several things are what you'd need to do stand out from all the other people who've thought it was a good idea:

Extended cash book
Double entry book keeping
Book keeping upto trial balance
Income and expenditure accounts
Account reconciliations – single or multiple bank accounts
Audit liaison
Vat including Deminimis (partial exemption), monthly & quarterly vat returns and assisting in inspections if required
Admin services including typing up of quotations, customer correspondence, making difficult phone calls, etc.
Setting up office systems
Training staff
Setting up procedures and protocols
Credit control
Proactive debt collection service
Farm accounting
Forensic accounting
General troubleshooting

AAT is also something you can do as home study or evening class. There is absolutely no reason to give up a full time job to do AAT or at least if you are going to give up a fulltime job then for the love of god sign up to a fulltime course so you complete it in 8-10 months instead of three years.

AAT do not provide home study, Kaplan do. AAT are the better qualification and the college I attend can only do the course over the period I am doing it, nothing any shorter!!

Once qualified after Level 4 and have the AAT after my name, I will be able to do all the above!!

JoshSoph

eskimo26 wrote: »

Yes the forums is a mess, don't just quit on them without saying anything to the people in charge because frankly they need to know that having people ignore their forum rules is not ok.

They also need to know that people are quitting the forums because of hostile posters and trolls which should not be happening since they appear to be obsessed with making this website 'friendly'.

The more people make a noise about this the sooner they will change things i'd hope.

Just for the record Gordon Hose's post was in support of you, i think you misread it.

Yes I realise Gordon Hose's post was in support of me, I just replied at the end of his post so people could see what he said was how it is.