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[BR14]

I realise this isn't the place, but wtf is HMRC investigating umbrella users for 2017 for?

I thought that all NI & PAYE deductions were made by the umbrella or am I missing something?

depends how kosher the brolly was, i suppose

[DoctorStrangelove]

depends how kosher the brolly was, i suppose

As in unlimited expenses sort of thing?

[BR14]

As in unlimited expenses sort of thing?

yeh, sort of thing.

basically they should be a payroll co.
and you shouldn't get any funny tax breaks.

[BR14]

yeh, sort of thing.

basically they should be a payroll co.
and you shouldn't get any funny tax breaks.

but i don't claim to be an expert.
i've only contracted for 45 years, in seven countries.
in IT.
when it was 'something to do with computers' to most.
but i'd get proper advice if you think you were with a dodgy outfit.

[NickFitz]

Just been to the tip with the remains of the broken-down tall white bookcase, and a sort of decrepit drawer affair that lurked in the corner of the window bay. Their mission in the world is completed

And that means the last two bastions of mouse contamination behind them have been fully exposed. Not too bad, once I'd run the vacuum over them. The carpet shampooer thing should sort out the rest.

In fact, once that's done, those'll be the best areas of carpet in the whole room, having been protected from anything larger than a mouse since I dumped those things there when I moved in, a couple of days after the carpet was laid

[DoctorStrangelove]

but i don't claim to be an expert.
i've only contracted for 45 years, in seven countries.
in IT.
when it was 'something to do with computers' to most.
but i'd get proper advice if you think you were with a dodgy outfit.

Oh, I've never used an umbrella, I had my own company such as it was, but I had the impression that the umbrella, being automagically inside IR35, was a worry free thing.

Obviously I was suffering under a misapprehension of some sort.


^^^
Glad to hear that the ongoing mouse lavatorial endeavours are proving successful.

I'll be hiring a van shortly in an endeavour to rid the place of more crap.

Just been down to look at the rear brake pads on next door's car.

Yes.

That really is the reason there's a nasty grinding noise when you drive it.

[NickFitz]

Oh, I've never used an umbrella, I had my own company such as it was, but I had the impression that the umbrella, being automagically inside IR35, was a worry free thing.

Obviously I was suffering under a misapprehension of some sort.

I suspect it's something to do with this kind of thing: Umbrella companies offering to increase your take home pay (Spotlight 45) - GOV.UK

[NickFitz]

Just been down to look at the rear brake pads on next door's car.

Yes.

That really is the reason there's a nasty grinding noise when you drive it.

Mine was both a front and rear brake, with a similar result plus some very strange vibrations at motorway speeds

[DoctorStrangelove]

I suspect it's something to do with this kind of thing: Umbrella companies offering to increase your take home pay (Spotlight 45) - GOV.UK

Thanks for that.

It's amazing how dubious some of these schemes are.

Mine was both a front and rear brake, with a similar result plus some very strange vibrations at motorway speeds

Fun innit.

[NickFitz]

Tea has been chicken casserole, which I apparently froze on the 10th February last, with chips and peas. I'm not sure what recipe I concocted back then, but it was inordinately flavoursome; I think it contained a decent helping of white wine among other things