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Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishing -
Originally posted by d000hg View PostI hope they weren't a business purchase unless you are doing some crazy CUDA work?Never has a man been heard to say on his death bed that he wishes he'd spent more time in the office.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostWhy?
If you don't need a £2000 laptop bundle then it makes no business sense to spend that much money on the laptop.
@Scrag Meister: This laptop: Asus N53JF-SX168V Laptop - Laptops | Ebuyer.com Nothing special, but I nice little improvement which will run fast enough for me to be able to do some of my e-learning development and p/s work on the train if needed.
@Dhoog, er, yup lots of CUDA work. Not yet invoiced for any CUDA work, but the skills I'm getting through using this computer for that purpose will allow MyCo Ltd to invoice for such work in the future.Comment
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Originally posted by Scrag Meister View PostYou are obviously not a techy and excited by hardware
In fact the cheaper the hardware it can run on often the better.
I need to get a new desktop and change the OP system completely on the old ones.
Originally posted by Scrag Meister View Post, it's ok I understand why you'd want to spend £2k, great tech and get the vat back."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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If you do development work than a super-fast machine is worthwhile, and a slow one for testing as a real user.
Interesting to see people interested in CUDA here.
ps: is anyone else seeing the "shemale" thing?Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostIf you do development work than a super-fast machine is worthwhile, and a slow one for testing as a real user.
Interesting to see people interested in CUDA here.
Originally posted by d000hg View Post
ps: is anyone else seeing the "shemale" thing?"You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by Clare@InTouch View PostYour company can buy the laptop. The whole cost will reduce you profit in the year so you'll pay less tax - £750 will effectively mean a saving of £157.50 (which is 21% of the cost).
Note that the asset may remain on the balance sheet of your accounts, but for tax purposes it will be written off in full.
In aus you are able to write off anything under 1k as expense as a small business.....
I made a company choice to put any assets under £1k though expenses over here in the UK. Not sure I should have.......
Any thoughts on my position there.... Laptop was only £500 and it was in my first year of incorporation... I think I have just accounted for it incorrectly... but wont effect my tax....Comment
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Originally posted by prozak View PostI thought 100% write off was only in year 1?
In aus you are able to write off anything under 1k as expense as a small business.....
I made a company choice to put any assets under £1k though expenses over here in the UK. Not sure I should have.......
Any thoughts on my position there.... Laptop was only £500 and it was in my first year of incorporation... I think I have just accounted for it incorrectly... but wont effect my tax....
For accounting purposes you'll find different accountants have different views about what they write off and what they capitalise. It's subjective to a degree, but my general feeling is anything up to around £750 could be deemed to be a consumable and written off to the profit & loss account (technology costing that much depreciates so quickly these days). Your £500 laptop is therefore fine to write off in full in both the accounts and tax computation in my view.
Other accountants may have capitalised it which is why I said it may still show on your accounts. I've seen some capitalise £150Comment
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Thanks for the reply.
Puts my mind at ease.
Didn't think I was miles off the mark but I was recently reading some advice where someone was capitalising 150 quid furniture and claiming their capital allowances and I thought I might have got it wrong..... educated un aus you seei so we do.things upside down...lol
I'll revise my limit down to 750.
Thanks again.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostDo you call all technical women you work with "shemales" because you can't cope with the fact that some women in IT do technical work?Already pinged:
Code:http://shemale.hqporn.us/
Originally posted by MaryPoppinsI'd still not breastfeed a naziOriginally posted by vetranUrine is quite nourishingComment
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