Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella
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Reimbursing backdated expenses after giving notice? Please help!
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostUnless it's your final engagement, because that workplace can no longer be considered temporary any more.Comment
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Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostNot exactly - if a worker has a series of temporary (i.e. of a limited duration) assignments which are not linked through an over-arching employment contract then each one would be considered a permanent workplace for tax purposes. A final workplace which represents a second or third etc assignment remains a temporary workplace provided that the worker is engaged under a genuine over-arching contract. This is a complicated area and my compliance manager here (who is ex HMRC) has had clarification from HMRC on this very point (they don't make life easy you know )
Originally posted by LisaContractorUmbrella View PostThe concept of an over-arching contract is extremely complicated but, basically, it gives continuity of employment to a contractor who is working on a series of assignments under a global employment contract. Travel and subsistence expenses are only allowable when the contractor is travelling to a temporary location and a workplace to which you travel every day knowing that it will be the only workplace you travel to for the remainder of your employment with the umbrella company means that it will be classified by HMRC as a permanent workplace. Therefore, the umbrella company, correctly, disallowed the travel and subsistence costs.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostDid they find you work, or did you find the contract and just use them to sponsor the visa?Comment
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I am sorry but if you can't be bothered to claim back expenses from 2011 then you deserve everything you get.'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!Comment
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Thanks everyone for your excellent feedback.
One more detail: I am not a permanent resident of the UK and I own a home overseas. They, in fact, require that for claiming accomodation expenses. Would this have an effect on the temporarity of my workplaces?
I understand that they are referring to the "24-month rule" one interpretation of which is this: Clarity Finance Consulting – relaunching Soon
At the point that you resign, or advise your Umbrella Payroll Company that you will be leaving at the end of your current assignment then your temporary work place will be deemed to be a permanent workplace, from the point of the decision or disclosure, then no further travel and subsistence claims cam be put through.
What would constitute a FURTHER claim here?
On 5th of May 2014 have prepared and signed claims for up to January 2014, then I resigned on 12th of May. But I only emailed them these claims on 13th of May.Comment
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Originally posted by brother52 View PostWhat would constitute a FURTHER claim here?Comment
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Originally posted by brother52 View PostIt is not salary that the expenses reimbursments come from, I think. Here are some numbers. My salary is £41K per year, but my rate was £400 per day. They receive £8K (£400 x 20 days) per month from the client, make necessary deductions, this leaves a little over £6K. From that they pay me £3400 gross as my salary as per employment contract. This leaves £2600 suprlus from which they can reimburse my legitimate expenses and/or pay it out as a taxable bonus.
For quite a while I did not claim the expenses or taken the bonus, letting the surplus accumulate. Now I want to claim these expenses but they are saying this may be againts some HMRC ruling because I already gave leaving notice.
Does that make sense?
P.S. They also sponsored my work visa which may explain a higher cut or some of their practices. Overall they come across as decent people and I don't think their intention is to pocket my expenses money.Comment
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Originally posted by brother52 View PostIt is not salary that the expenses reimbursments come from, I think. Here are some numbers. My salary is £41K per year, but my rate was £400 per day. They receive £8K (£400 x 20 days) per month from the client, make necessary deductions, this leaves a little over £6K. From that they pay me £3400 gross as my salary as per employment contract. This leaves £2600 suprlus from which they can reimburse my legitimate expenses and/or pay it out as a taxable bonus.
For quite a while I did not claim the expenses or taken the bonus, letting the surplus accumulate. Now I want to claim these expenses but they are saying this may be againts some HMRC ruling because I already gave leaving notice.
Does that make sense?
P.S. They also sponsored my work visa which may explain a higher cut or some of their practices. Overall they come across as decent people and I don't think their intention is to pocket my expenses money.Comment
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostA claim for expenses made after you have resigned, regardless of the period that the expense relates to.I'm not even an atheist so much as I am an antitheist; I not only maintain that all religions are versions of the same untruth, but I hold that the influence of churches, and the effect of religious belief, is positively harmful. [Christopher Hitchens]Comment
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