Mystery Shopping Thread 25 *PLEASE READ THE OP FIRST**PLEASE NO CLIENT NAMES OR FEES

Sunny_spell

ljshopper wrote: »

We all do fff work at times, it would be daft to make it easy for others to reduce those opportunities for yourself.

Every little helps.

ljshopper, I have lost you there. With fff - we (maybe 20 MSs on the same post code) get a job on first come, first served terms. I understand the second part of your sentence but I do not think that my actions somehow reduce those opportunities. We have different views. Each to their own.

Sunny_spell

soundbet wrote: »

Just wanting to check I have my tax calculations correct, based on the
theoretical job below, can someone tell me what profit figure they get (i know it will probably be negative)
Fee = £9.5 Purchase required £5 Actual spend £5.45
Mileage 13.6 miles Pages printed 9. No other expense.
Thanks

Theoretical calculation:

Gross Income (reimbursed purchase on top of your fee) £14.50
Expenses:
Product Purchase £5.45
Mileage 13.6 x 0.45 =£6.12
Paper 9 x 0.06 = 0.54
Total Expenses: 12.11
Profit: £2.39

If required purchase £5 is being included in your £9.50 fee - your profit is negative

Big_Graeme

scotsbob wrote: »

That only gives a list of companies.

The poster is asking "So my question is, which other MS companies would you recommend?"

There is a difference between factual information and opinion.

Because what works for one doesn't work for the other, the recommendation is sign up to them all, shake the tree and see what falls out.

Larac

skivenov wrote: »

Not sure on the tax, but why did you bother?

Would only be worth it, if this is part of a run of jobs in the area and can spread the mileage across all, or in the area for other reasons and not charging mileage.

soundbet

skivenov wrote: »

Not sure on the tax, but why did you bother?

Helpful, it was a theoretical job to check my understanding and see how others would calculate it!

PinkWing

So RA are only releasing jobs on a Friday now? I'm not sure that I follow their logic to be honest...

whitelabel

soundbet wrote: »

Helpful, it was a theoretical job to check my understanding and see how others would calculate it!

The lack of clarity in your post as to whether the purchase was included in fee or reimbursed seperately or not led to my initial reaction of the same (regardless actually for the profit)


Perhaps you should have put your calculations and asked if they were correct way of doing it.

If that theoretical question were real you'd also need to prepare a statement why you had taken a job at a loss/low profit if audited.

Lil_Me_2

Sunny_spell wrote: »

Theoretical calculation:

Gross Income (reimbursed purchase on top of your fee) £14.50
Expenses:
Product Purchase £5.45
Mileage 13.6 x 0.45 =£6.12
Paper 9 x 0.06 = 0.54
Total Expenses: 12.11
Profit: £2.39

If required purchase £5 is being included in your £9.50 fee - your profit is negative

I'm not sure that you can claim the full product purchase price when the required spend was £5, assuming it was a choice to spend £5.45.

What would stop me picking up a supermarket and doing my weekly shop and claiming it as an expense?

Sunny_spell

Lil_Me wrote: »

I'm not sure that you can claim the full product purchase price when the required spend was £5, assuming it was a choice to spend £5.45.

What would stop me picking up a supermarket and doing my weekly shop and claiming it as an expense?

I see your point. If it is a small amount like this one, and none of the products cost 45 pence or less, I would assume £5.45 would be OK to claim as an expense in such circumstances. When I do small food shops, I just spend under required maximum amount so I claim the exact amount I spent.

JohnnyG

If someone travels to their normal place of work, but picks up a MS job on their way home, what mileage, if any, can they claim against the MS job?

Cheers.