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

HappyMJ

JohnnyG wrote: »

Hmmm, I live in the country, and my nearest jobs are a 20 mile round trip. So are you saying that, if I have one job on, I can't undertake it if it pays less than £9 as I'll be making a loss?

By the sounds of it...and don't do anything else whilst you're there. I wouldn't want you to follow my advice and then have the expense disallowed as the trip was a not totally business related trip

Big_Graeme

JohnnyG wrote: »

BG, is this true mate? It's just that I do quite a bit of travelling for my MS jobs and, consequently, accrue a lot of mileage, which is tax deductible.

I'm not undertaking any tax avoidance or tax evasion, all my mileage claims are just for MS jobs, so if I was audited, would I get fined?

Oh you'd be fine there, we all do some miles in this job but deliberately taking jobs you will lose money on to reduce your tax liability is definitely a red flag at a tax audit.

Big_Graeme

May I just point out our happy friend is, how shall I say this?

Known to be wrong on quite a few points of tax law, take that advice at your own risk.

Big_Graeme

skintsocks wrote: »

It may be the case that some jobs that others frown upon are being snatched up at the moment, as they've just done a major drive at Fresher's fairs around the country. There's been quite a drive online via student sites also, and they perhaps see it as a chance to go out cheaply or pick up some cheap groceries.

You can get the same money off your bill with a voucher and forget the reporting if you want a new MF pizza.

HappyMJ

Big_Graeme wrote: »

May I just point out our happy friend is, how shall I say this?

Known to be wrong on quite a few points of tax law, take that advice at your own risk.

I'm still a little lost with this then...Are you saying that no one at all should take this MF pizza job as it is makes a loss and that is against HMRC guidelines. Even if I'm not claiming any mileage at all due to being in the area on other work it will still make a loss no matter what.

skintsocks

Big_Graeme wrote: »

You can get the same money off your bill with a voucher and forget the reporting if you want a new MF pizza.

Hi
I was just generally commenting on the supermarket and meal comments. The pizza isn't available in my area at all - I don't even know which company you all refer to. I just noticed that there was quite an aggressive recruitment going on over the last few weeks, and thought that may account for the lower fee jobs flying away

Big_Graeme

HappyMJ wrote: »

I'm still a little lost with this then...Are you saying that no one at all should take this MF pizza job as it is makes a loss and that is against HMRC guidelines. Even if I'm not claiming any mileage at all due to being in the area on other work it will still make a loss no matter what.

No, you know fine well what I am saying.

whitelabel

the fact you started the previous sentence with. ill get flamed for this... proves you know exactly what you are doing and that it is wrong, but youre #onbenefitsandproud ?

JohnnyG

skintsocks wrote: »

It may be the case that some jobs that others frown upon are being snatched up at the moment, as they've just done a major drive at Fresher's fairs around the country. There's been quite a drive online via student sites also, and they perhaps see it as a chance to go out cheaply or pick up some cheap groceries.

Totally agree.

I joined MF, my first MS firm, after seeing an online advert in the local newspaper's website; but it was most definitely aimed at students.

If I was a student, as you say, I'd perhaps snatch up the low paid MF jobs. Free food, a small fee and cheap beans and pasta from the local foreign supermarket

superliss

JohnnyG wrote: »

Totally agree.

I joined MF, my first MS firm, after seeing an online advert in the local newspaper's website; but it was most definitely aimed at students.

If I was a student, as you say, I'd perhaps snatch up the low paid MF jobs. Free food, a small fee and cheap beans and pasta from the local foreign supermarket

Can you really see student's registering as SE and filling out tax returns at year end? I know mine wouldn't!