Originally posted by tractor
View Post
- Visitors can check out the Forum FAQ by clicking this link. You have to register before you can post: click the REGISTER link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. View our Forum Privacy Policy.
- Want to receive the latest contracting news and advice straight to your inbox? Sign up to the ContractorUK newsletter here. Every sign up will also be entered into a draw to WIN £100 Amazon vouchers!
Flu jab
Collapse
X
-
Indeed they don't but some people seem to see creative accounting as ok but the odd tax dodge as wrong. Reality is the whole system is screwed and the rich can afford the creative accounting which means they pay practically no tax. -
There is but I suggest we have spent more time discussing this than the equivalent we could have invoiced our clients for the extra work! If I was on 20,000 a year then every penny helps, luckily I'm a contractor and shouldn't be counting pennies.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhy is there no point in reducing your tax bill legitimately?Comment
-
So don't moan about paying tax, then.Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostThere is but I suggest we have spent more time discussing this than the equivalent we could have invoiced our clients for the extra work! If I was on 20,000 a year then every penny helps, luckily I'm a contractor and shouldn't be counting pennies.Comment
-
Tax isn't pennies.... It's in the 1000s.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostSo don't moan about paying tax, then.
Reducing 1000s by pennies isn't worth it. Reducing 1000s by 100s or 1000s by 1000s is.Comment
-
I refer the honourable gentleman to the reply I gave some monents ago:Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostTax isn't pennies.... It's in the 1000s.
Reducing 1000s by pennies isn't worth it. Reducing 1000s by 100s or 1000s by 1000s is.
Reducing your tax bill is ALWAYS worth it, if you can do so via legitimate means. If you want to pay more tax, then great - you do that. However, by doing so you somewhat reduce the credibility of any subsequent "I pay too much tax" argument.Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostLook after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves. Why would you give the tax man more than you have to?Comment
-
That sort of thinkings ends up with you complaining in HMRC Scheme EnquiriesOriginally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostTax isn't pennies.... It's in the 1000s.
Reducing 1000s by pennies isn't worth it. Reducing 1000s by 100s or 1000s by 1000s is.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
-
Well, that's a blinkered attitude.Originally posted by NorthWestPerm2Contr View PostTax isn't pennies.... It's in the 1000s.
Reducing 1000s by pennies isn't worth it. Reducing 1000s by 100s or 1000s by 1000s is.
The reality of our types of business is that we don't have lots of high value expenses, the vast majority are small, but they add up so those of us with sense capture the reasonable and allowable ones.
In the last couple of months my expenses have been in 4 figures per month with a high percentage in the sub £20 bracket.Comment
-
Where do you guys recommend to get the flu jab this year?
Not wanting to start again the arguing about this being claimable or not
Comment
-
I recommend getting it at the Bardoc walk in centre in Bury. Hope that helps.Originally posted by AnotherGuy View PostWhere do you guys recommend to get the flu jab this year?
Not wanting to start again the arguing about this being claimable or not

Where ever you go give me a shout and I'll come and give you a lift there as well so as not to inconvenience you
'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!
Comment
-
When saving money, I like to think whether the saving is now, accrued over time or a saving to the business - if you saw the money on the street, would you pick it up? If yes, then take the saving. £3 now is the same as £3 in a year or £3 to your ltd.⭐️ Gold Star ContractorComment
- Home
- News & Features
- First Timers
- IR35 / S660 / BN66
- Employee Benefit Trusts
- Agency Workers Regulations
- MSC Legislation
- Limited Companies
- Dividends
- Umbrella Company
- VAT / Flat Rate VAT
- Job News & Guides
- Money News & Guides
- Guide to Contracts
- Successful Contracting
- Contracting Overseas
- Contractor Calculators
- MVL
- Contractor Expenses
Advertisers
Contractor Services
CUK News
- Umbrella company winding-up petitions in 2026: the practical guide for contractors Yesterday 05:29
- Payments on Account deadline: what contractors must do before July 31st — maybe for the final few times Jul 28 08:01
- Andy Burnham's first 100 days: five things contractors need from the new PM Jul 27 00:53
- Starmer vs Burnham on housing: What their rival plans mean for your contractor mortgage Jul 22 00:59
- Burnham's housing vision vs. Starmer's home-buying reforms: what it means for your contractor mortgage Jul 22 00:59
- In Khalil v Innovate Transport, a limited company contractor wasn’t a worker and was on £2.30 — not £230 Jul 21 07:58
- Andy Burnham is PM: 5 new IT policies set to shape UK tech and its contractors Jul 20 06:29
- Taxed on money I haven't earned yet? Bold move, HMRC Jul 17 08:36
- The Fair Work Agency has got zero hours in its sights. Do you? Jul 16 08:44
- Cookie Policy Jul 15 11:50

Comment