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Project Management Training - London - Agile vs Standard and which one

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    #21
    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
    His comment is too broad so could be incorrect in some instances.

    It's only allowable if it is directly related to your fee-earning work. Nothing else. If you write .NET for a living, training in .NET and immediately related technology is all that's allowable.

    Anything else - new technologies, business admin, sales, whatever - is expanding your skillset and out of scope. There is a detailed explanation on the HMRC website somewhere.
    https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-bene...s/whats-exempt

    This seems a good explanation and suggests the wholly & exclusively test

    https://www.taxinsider.co.uk/186-Lea...g_courses.html

    So a few contract adverts with "must understand Agile" should suffice.


    So no your "how to pierce your todger" course would fail unless your wife paid for it.

    As always ask your accountant.
    Last edited by vetran; 6 September 2018, 17:45.
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      #22
      Originally posted by vetran View Post
      https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-bene...s/whats-exempt

      This seems a good explanation and suggests the wholly & exclusively test

      https://www.taxinsider.co.uk/186-Lea...g_courses.html

      So a few contract adverts with "must understand Agile" should suffice.


      So no your "how to pierce your todger" course would fail unless your wife paid for it.

      As always ask your accountant.
      Both mention phrases like work related training or helping do their job. That's pretty clear about doing the job and not learning new skills. If a job advert says needs agile then IMO that's very borderline but for me would fall under a new skill. A programmer wouldn't need Agile to program but would need a new skill to get that job.

      I'm pretty sure you'd get away with that one but it's by no means that clear cut.

      A classic one is the MBA. As an IT Manager what I learned studying towards an MBA was invaluable but that qualification is expressly called out as not allowable in on of HMRC's example.
      Last edited by northernladuk; 6 September 2018, 18:00.
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        #23
        Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
        Both mention phrases like work related training or helping do their job. That's pretty clear about doing the job and not learning new skills. If a job advert says needs agile then IMO that's very borderline but for me would fall under a new skill. A programmer wouldn't need Agile to program but would need a new skill to get that job.

        I'm pretty sure you'd get away with that one but it's by no means that clear cut.

        A classic one is the MBA. As an IT Manager what I learned studying towards an MBA was invaluable but that qualification is expressly called out as not allowable in on of HMRC's example.
        If you look at that way studying the 17th edition isn't relevant for an electrician.

        IMHO its HMRC being annoying!
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          #24
          Originally posted by vetran View Post

          IMHO its HMRC being annoying!
          Amen to that.
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            #25
            Project Management Training

            .. is an oxymoron IMCE

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              #26
              Originally posted by wparkar View Post
              QA
              If you're an IPSE member, you can get really good discounts on QA courses - check them out here.

              https://www.qa.com/ipse

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                #27
                Originally posted by vetran View Post
                https://www.gov.uk/expenses-and-bene...s/whats-exempt

                This seems a good explanation and suggests the wholly & exclusively test

                https://www.taxinsider.co.uk/186-Lea...g_courses.html

                So a few contract adverts with "must understand Agile" should suffice.


                So no your "how to pierce your todger" course would fail unless your wife paid for it.

                As always ask your accountant.
                Thanks.

                These are very useful links and information

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                  #28
                  Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                  If you're an IPSE member, you can get really good discounts on QA courses - check them out here.

                  https://www.qa.com/ipse
                  Not IPSE member yet, but I assume that the cost can be business expense and VAT can be offset ?

                  Thanks

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                    #29
                    Originally posted by konsultant View Post
                    Not IPSE member yet, but I assume that the cost can be business expense and VAT can be offset ?

                    Thanks
                    See links above as to whether it can be a business expense.

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                      #30
                      Originally posted by mudskipper View Post
                      See links above as to whether it can be a business expense.
                      I think he means the IPSE membership not the training. As it happens the business can pay for it but its not deductable.
                      Last edited by Contractor UK; 12 October 2018, 21:16.
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