Mystery Shopping Thread 22 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES*

Boredupnorth

Cat2011 wrote: »

Started mystery shopping this year and having to do my first tax return soon. Quick question:
Do you include all purchases/refunds as income/expenses?
e.g. £20 fee for shop, £5 refund. Income = £25.
Expenses are £5 on fuel, £1 on printing, £30 on a purchase.

What's the profit for tax purposes?
Is it all income minus all expenses, so £20+£5-£5-£1-£30= -11 (no tax payable)
Or refund/purchases not included so £20-£5-£1= £14 profit, so £2.80 tax to be paid.

Or only the refunded part of the purchase included (so £5 of the purchase is due to the mystery shop, and £25 due to my whimsical nature) so
£20+£5-£5-£1-£5=14, so £2.80 to be paid.

Sorry, not such a quick question. Just want to make sure I get it right from the start. Thanks!

Read back through the thread, this question gets asked and answered at least once a week.

N.I.M

Boredupnorth wrote: »

Read back through the thread, this question gets asked and answered at least once a week.

In detail and subject to great debate.

Workie_Ticket

BI in the bank - lovely.

DPJames

Male or female?

And how could you tell?

Did they walk funny?

rachchel

Workie_Ticket wrote: »

BI in the bank - lovely.

Im stamping my foot impatiently for mine to go in :whistle:

gastronomix

Woo hooo... Been credited by MF for the 2 pubs that I couldnt count on sat due closing early or not wanting to take part.. Was quite expecting to lose them.
Decent result for an easy couple of hours work...

mimi1234

GR pending for tomorrow. I'm totally confused now. I thought someone said they got paid last week? Also, I did a slapper and 2 slapper competitors. How comes they only paid me for the slapper and the competitors are still pending when I did all 3 on the same day? Hope I've not funked them up!

PS. Did a super duper posh dine for Service Scan today. I would highly recommend them.

serendipity2706

mimi1234 wrote: »

GR pending for tomorrow. I'm totally confused now. I thought someone said they got paid last week?

Got my GR today, up to jobs done on 13th. Didn't do any competitors though

Boredupnorth

The have done another pay run today for some reason. I would not worry about the competitor visits mine have not been paid yet either althout everything else up until the end of yesterday has been paid. I am also expecting them to do the usual pay run in the 1st too.

Workie_Ticket

mimi1234 wrote: »

GR pending for tomorrow. I'm totally confused now. I thought someone said they got paid last week? Also, I did a slapper and 2 slapper competitors. How comes they only paid me for the slapper and the competitors are still pending when I did all 3 on the same day? Hope I've not funked them up!

PS. Did a super duper posh dine for Service Scan today. I would highly recommend them.

GR seem to be all over the shop atm. I got paid yesterday for a slapper from 3/3, sofa from 6/3 and electrical from 8/3. I still have slappers/competitors pending from 3/3 - 8/3.