Contractor newbie here. What are som big ticket expense items you have claimed. So far I have claimed petty amounts for stationery, phone bills, etc.
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Oh, the usual... computers, cameras, lenses (all work related, for an image processing project), access to developer programmes (Demandware), licenses for expensive software.You're awesome! Get yourself a t-shirt.Comment
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Boring git.Originally posted by squarepeg View PostOh, the usual... computers, cameras, lenses (all work related, for an image processing project), access to developer programmes (Demandware), licenses for expensive software.
What about high class hookers and Columbia's finest marching powder?Comment
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Gold bullion ...can't go wrongHow fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't thinkComment
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I had a friend(oh okay then, someone I worked with) who claimed a new kitchen. It was quite painful when HMRC crawled up his bottom without lube.Comment
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Why just a kitchen? Amateur.Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostI had a friend(oh okay then, someone I worked with) who claimed a new kitchen. It was quite painful when HMRC crawled up his bottom without lube.
He should have claimed a eco-shed in his garden with chill out area, kictenchette and bathroom because it was his study."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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I can still talk the pants off a woman so no need to pay for the hookers. As for drugs, I have never wanted to take any. I just fail to see the point of chemically altering the state of my mind.Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostBoring git.
What about high class hookers and Columbia's finest marching powder?You're awesome! Get yourself a t-shirt.Comment
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