Brolly clients - free check on salary/deductions

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Problems with posts

I think the problem with posting topics as you did is that it is construed as an attempt to obtain new business rather than an attempt to help. It's a fine line that the "supplier" treads between sales and free advice. I think ItAllHelps is a little paranoid but the independence point is a valid one. Perhaps a "supplier/services" forum would prevent this from happening again whereby users could post technical questions in that way. I guess the point that grated was (as it seemed) "You umbrella company is wrong and we can fix it come here ASAP"
Harsh? Possibly.
Dave

[Debbie ITAccounting Online]

Re: Problems with posts

Harsh - yes. Because what we offered was a free check to see if you had the problem. If you didn't you would stay where you are, if you did you had free choic to look around.

Never mind water under the bridge now.

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Cyncis

Debbie,
Most people are cynical and assume another motive, we have all been subject to spam and the like. Not sure you can win, sadly.

[Debbie ITAccounting Online]

Re: Cyncis

never mind - all this posting back and forth means I'm a one star general now!!!

[ajh]

Brolly clients - free check on salary/deductions

Well, I sent my most recent payslip to brollycheck@itaccountants.co.uk and they just kindly informed me that I was not paying too much tax and NI.

To be honest, I just think that that IT Accountants are just offering a friendly service.

They seem like a good bunch to me.

[VurtGameCat]

What a bunch of sods you all are!!

In an earlier thread on the general board, i posted the question about this issue. I asked if n e 1 out there could explain why under a brolly I had to pay Employers NI. Debbie kindly took on the question and explained this too me.

I later sent her a copy of my payslip. She took a look at it and noticed a mistake in the way it was processed.

On telling me this she decided it would be beneficial to tell others on the board about this.

I requested that Debbie did not mention the name of the company that had made the mistake. Mistakes happen. The company has now rectified the error and will be reimbursing anyone who has been over charged.

Even when she was getting slated about the name she did not disclose the information. For that I am grateful.

At no point during this correspondence did Debbie try to push IT accounting service on me.

It is a shame that people will no longer trust someone who is trying to help. I guess they say there is no such thing as a free lunch?

I would like to thank Debbie for her help.

It’s a breath of fresh air.

GC.

[rooney]

Sorry GC but if you look at it from another viewpoint Debbie's original posting was:

"We have recently taken on a few new clients from other Brolly companies and discovered that they have been paying too much tax and national insurance.
If you are with a Brolly and would like your most recent payslip checked, free of charge, send it to brollycheck@itaccounting.co.uk"

This is obviously a trawl for new business for IT accounting as opposed to your view of "At no point during this correspondence did Debbie try to push IT accounting service on me." She may not have with you but has then used this to push on us.

The implication from her postings is that ALL umbrellas (because she did not name them) are incompetent and that IT accounting are not. The refusal to name them or state who it is not, is a mystery. For e.g. the posting of "Is it Parasol?" was met with no response so that automatically infers that it is Parasol regardless of whether it was or not.

So as I said before what is the big secret here. Who was it?

and finally I'll leave you with 2 points:

1. Anyone who posts on here as a company is trying to further their company's service as it is a very effective marketing tool. Anybody who thinks they are "someone who is trying to help" is in need of a reality check. If by some miracle "trying to help" is where they are coming from then why don't they just post as an individual?

2. Debbie and IT accounting now have detailed payslip information of all their competitors kindly sent in by worried contractors who think their umbrella company is crap. With one posting they have managed to gain vital information on how their competitors process payroll, make deductions and send out payslips.

In the words of the great Jim Royle..."someone who is trying to help".....my arse".

Y

BTW Does this prove I'm not Debbie

[trajectory]

No.

But what's wrong with accountants posting on here?

So what, if they're trying to drum up a bit of business, good for them. As long as they're not blatantly advertising.

Some of them have even answered a few useful questions for myself. Nobody is forcing you to sign up, send your payslip, etc.

Just chill out.

Carry on Debbie.

traj.

[Debbie ITAccounting Online]

Carry on Debbie

will do!!!

[xoggoth]

Totally agree with trajectory. Expect most of the accountants on here are hoping to get a bit of business, but if they are prepared to offer a some free advice in exchange cannot see a problem with it. (Even if certain people we shall not mention won't help me fiddle my taxes. I want to fiddle, cheat, avoid, evade, defraud, FIDDLE and shall sulk until I do)