The joke that is Sunday Solutions and Bradbury & Co.
Its interesting to read all these stories as I am also going through the same problems. Bradbury & Co have happily retained my money on a monthly basis and are now not paying my 07/08 tax bill. I had to pay the HMRC directly as had debt collectors at my door. I've had my case passed to 4 different people all of which ring me once, then never return my calls or emails. I have now left Sunday Solutions and set up my own limited company becuse the risk of not having access to your tax retention is too much. However, I am also struggling to get my 08/09 fees refunded, and once again get no call backs. And my 07/08 bill is still not paid!
I've been in discussion with a tax solicitor about this situation and we've starting legal proceedings against them. I'm giving them 30 days to return all my money or we're going to court. Although going to court is obviously a more expensive option, I am quite looking forward to bringing a bit of justice against these cowboys.
Make sure you keep all your records of those invoice slips (detailing how much they are retaining - becuase when I asked them how much they thought it should be: they were 10k out!!!!)
As for Sunday Solutions, they have dissolved all responsibility and its "a matter between you and Bradbury" - thats great value for money as I have paid them thousands to actually do nothing. I have now set up a LTD company with an agency that more than 6 times cheaper and offer a much better service. But looking around, I couldn't actually find another company that charges more than Sunday.
For anyone new to contracting, or looking to join Sunday Solutions, my advice is stay well clear. You need to be set up in a way where you have access to all the funds you earn (or make sure the company that holds your money is a charted accountant) as with Sunday Solutions you are 100% liable for the tax owed, but have 0% access to the funds you need to pay it!! The HMRC do not care you are having problems with your accountants, they want their money and its your name at the top of the bill. Also Bradbury & Co are NOT charted accountants, so there's no leverage with any accounting institutions. When I asked them about this, the guy actually laughed.
The biggest joke of all was when they told me that my 07/08 bill had been paid.........to which my reply was "yes, by me". Did they really think that I would forget that I forked out from my own pocket, and they could just keep the money retained for themselves.....it was laugh or cry time!!!
Its interesting to read all these stories as I am also going through the same problems. Bradbury & Co have happily retained my money on a monthly basis and are now not paying my 07/08 tax bill. I had to pay the HMRC directly as had debt collectors at my door. I've had my case passed to 4 different people all of which ring me once, then never return my calls or emails. I have now left Sunday Solutions and set up my own limited company becuse the risk of not having access to your tax retention is too much. However, I am also struggling to get my 08/09 fees refunded, and once again get no call backs. And my 07/08 bill is still not paid!
I've been in discussion with a tax solicitor about this situation and we've starting legal proceedings against them. I'm giving them 30 days to return all my money or we're going to court. Although going to court is obviously a more expensive option, I am quite looking forward to bringing a bit of justice against these cowboys.
Make sure you keep all your records of those invoice slips (detailing how much they are retaining - becuase when I asked them how much they thought it should be: they were 10k out!!!!)
As for Sunday Solutions, they have dissolved all responsibility and its "a matter between you and Bradbury" - thats great value for money as I have paid them thousands to actually do nothing. I have now set up a LTD company with an agency that more than 6 times cheaper and offer a much better service. But looking around, I couldn't actually find another company that charges more than Sunday.
For anyone new to contracting, or looking to join Sunday Solutions, my advice is stay well clear. You need to be set up in a way where you have access to all the funds you earn (or make sure the company that holds your money is a charted accountant) as with Sunday Solutions you are 100% liable for the tax owed, but have 0% access to the funds you need to pay it!! The HMRC do not care you are having problems with your accountants, they want their money and its your name at the top of the bill. Also Bradbury & Co are NOT charted accountants, so there's no leverage with any accounting institutions. When I asked them about this, the guy actually laughed.
The biggest joke of all was when they told me that my 07/08 bill had been paid.........to which my reply was "yes, by me". Did they really think that I would forget that I forked out from my own pocket, and they could just keep the money retained for themselves.....it was laugh or cry time!!!
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