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[jamesbrown]

The most obvious dot that can be joined from this is the fraction of dividend income that actually comes from the close company. In previous years, box 4 has been total dividend income from all UK companies. Having the decomposition allows a straightforward cross-check with the close company CT return...

[jamesbrown]

Oracle has been doing that in tranches for ages.

[jamesbrown]

Discord, apparently. Wouldn't touch it myself - hasn't been compliant with GDPR in the past, for example.

Probably IPSE will go the same way as their forum, eventually. I am still a member, as they are still competitive for what they offer, but I wouldn't be sorry to see them go - will...

[jamesbrown]

I hear AtW profits are up since he opened a soft furnishings outlet next to his kebab shop.

[jamesbrown]

As far as AI is a factor, looking at the recent past and current state is misleading, especially if you're using the free stuff, as the rate of progress is exponential. It's not so much what AI can and cannot do now as what companies believe will be possible in the relatively near future, which is reflected...

[jamesbrown]

Lucky you! ...

[jamesbrown]

On the upside, your next rate of, er, rate inflation is effectively infinite....

[jamesbrown]

Rate of inflation or inflation of my rate?

[jamesbrown]

The calculation is more than 50% of the total turnover generated by the services and that includes all forms of payment or money's worth (salary, dividends, pension contributions etc.). However, allowable pension contributions will not form part of any tax due, they will be deducted from the total when...

[jamesbrown]

Have a slim yellow fruit,

[jamesbrown]

That's just the window you get to file your annual confirmation statement after the 12 month review period ends, it has always been like that, and verification happens (with the code you already generated) during this window....

[jamesbrown]

One instance to get a code, one instance to supply a code for each role you have, one code to bring them all and in the darkness bind them....

[jamesbrown]

No, your data is on their servers. You can minimize data feeds, like bank connections, to make your life more painful and choose to upload from files, but there is no amount of pain that they are willing to offer that results in no data being present on their servers. It is not a piece of software you...

[jamesbrown]

Agree. A sub is definitely worth the money as things are moving very quickly indeed....

[jamesbrown]

In theory. The usual timelines apply w/r to investigations, regardless of the state of the company. Obviously, they cannot apply a PAYE Reg to a closed company, but they can apply for a restoration order. If they subsequently find deliberate behaviour that leads to a tax liability then, in theory, the...

[jamesbrown]

Anyone with any serious interest in this area can probably dismiss the opinion of someone who wasn't aware of the most elementary rules surrounding IR35 and office holders, i.e., you

I think you need to read what Chris said a bit more carefully. I value his opinion too (which is...

[jamesbrown]

Tbh, it would be as close to a slam dunk as you can get w/ IR35. The ambiguity is always about establishing whether the hypothetical contract looks like employment. If you have this thing immediately before or after that was actual employment and there were no material changes in WPs (meaning that you...

[jamesbrown]

I assume Chris is referring to HMRC's approach to flagging people for investigation, which is guesswork (hence, "personal opinion"). There's no differential status implications of moving one way vs. the other from case law (that I am aware of), what matters is the hypothetical contract based...

[jamesbrown]

It is technically possibly, but it is practically very unlikely as they need to appoint an insolvency practitioner first, which will take a minimum of 1-2 weeks. Depending on the practitioner, the OP would then need to cease trading, get all outstanding invoices paid, prepare and submit final accounts,...