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Didn’t Understand - signed new employment contract

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  • Manxman_in_exile
    Manxman_in_exile Posts: 8,380 Forumite
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    edited 18 September 2020 at 11:38PM
    MalMonroe said:
    I don't understand either. 

    I'm self employed and have to complete a tax form every single tax year. Which means I know approximately how much tax I'm going to have to pay and so I save a regular amount each month so my tax won't come as a big shock. So if you have been self employed for 28 years and have been completing tax forms for all that time, how come you don't understand what's going on now? 
    ...

    He wasn't self-employed at the time.  The problem is that he signed a new contract of employment moving his base to London, and he didn't understand the tax implications of his employer paying his travel expenses to get to his new base inLondon
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