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    #41
    Originally posted by MikhailCompo View Post
    To you perhaps, but plenty have made positive contributions to this thread unlike yours. So not quite that clear
    Can this be moved to General Please?? @mods

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      #42
      Originally posted by MikhailCompo View Post
      To you perhaps, but plenty have made positive contributions to this thread unlike yours. So not quite that clear
      The advice I offered is absolutely sound and based on the experience of myself and others.
      If you don't want to take it, then politely decline it rather than declaring me a troll because you disagree with it or it's not what you were hoping to hear.
      The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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        #43
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        Last edited by MikhailCompo; 30 June 2018, 17:11.

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          #44
          The grey area that you may encounter when renting is if you decide to stay over in London for the weekend. If it's simply for you, that's fine because you're saving travel up north and back as well as, probably, resting. It's when you invite significant/not so significant others to stay that it's not wholly and exclusively. While it's highly unlikely that HMRC would find out, I thought you'd best be aware of it; I was made aware of it when I rented rather than booking hotels.

          One other option for you is to see if there's the opportunity to work from home Mondays and Fridays longer term; travel is generally easier on Tuesdays and Thursdays and you only have two overnights. It's probably easier to negotiate that at renewal than getting a rate increase too.
          The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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            #45
            Originally posted by LondonManc View Post
            The grey area that you may encounter when renting is if you decide to stay over in London for the weekend. If it's simply for you, that's fine because you're saving travel up north and back as well as, probably, resting. It's when you invite significant/not so significant others to stay that it's not wholly and exclusively. While it's highly unlikely that HMRC would find out, I thought you'd best be aware of it; I was made aware of it when I rented rather than booking hotels.

            One other option for you is to see if there's the opportunity to work from home Mondays and Fridays longer term; travel is generally easier on Tuesdays and Thursdays and you only have two overnights. It's probably easier to negotiate that at renewal than getting a rate increase too.
            Very very different set of legislation, but the "friends staying" thing is very much part of the case they built against Tim Healey in declaring his London flat not wholly and exclusive so always worth being very careful what you use these places for. It's part of the reason I tend to put up with the hassle of booking only the nights I need in hotels and AirBnB as it takes away any ambiguity for the weekend.

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              #46
              Originally posted by vwdan View Post
              Very very different set of legislation, but the "friends staying" thing is very much part of the case they built against Tim Healey in declaring his London flat not wholly and exclusive so always worth being very careful what you use these places for. It's part of the reason I tend to put up with the hassle of booking only the nights I need in hotels and AirBnB as it takes away any ambiguity for the weekend.
              I stopped renting because you're putting months of rent at risk when you're on virtually no notice from clientco. No point in it. It also doesn't work out that cheap compared to hotels when you've taken the bills into account, especially in that London.
              The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world that he didn't exist

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                #47
                Originally posted by MikhailCompo View Post
                Discuss...
                I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you
                I'm not fat, I'm just fluffy.

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                  #48
                  Originally posted by DeludedKitten View Post
                  I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you
                  Hope it's not his website that's blocked because a threat JS/Miner-HP has been found on it.
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                    #49
                    Originally posted by DeludedKitten View Post
                    I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you
                    Some evil barsteward will quote it just for posterities sake I am sure.
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                      #50
                      Originally posted by MikhailCompo View Post
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                      Posting stuff on the internet without reading it is a very bad idea. HTH
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