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Confused about our situation - anyone?

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  • Cheers, thanks very much.
  • amnblog
    amnblog Posts: 12,771 Forumite
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    By your call - I mean you now need to decide what you want to do.


    Go with Halifax direct (who do not need to know their own underwriting position)


    Go with the brokers you have (who do not seem to know of lenders other than Halifax)


    Or find another broker.
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  • Thrugelmir
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    So the background to this is that my girlfriend is a self-employed director of her own limited company. She began trading in January of last year but only traded for six months before we went travelling for 8 months. She only therefore has effectively six months’ worth of accounts although one year’s trading.

    Does the Company actually trade? Or is the Company's income derived from your g/f contracting out her services?
  • She contracts out her services so has own Ltd company for tax purposes.
  • kingstreet
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    In which case it may be advisable to have her treated as a contractor and her income will then be the gross value of her contract. Normally, day rate x 5 x 46.

    A broker will help to approach the correct lenders for these circumstances as there are only a handful who accept this.
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  • amnblog
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    Six months on contract then an eight month gap KS.
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  • kingstreet
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    amnblog wrote: »
    Six months on contract then an eight month gap KS.
    Hm. True

    Same line of work for two years and/or six months or more remaining on current contract?
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