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Recent content by blacjac
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3rd-party equivalent to AppleCare?
Had a battery expanding problem on a macbook pro last year (one of the first touchbar ones), no apple care. Apple charged £199 inc VAT to replace it. Accidental damage has always been covered under my buisnesss insurance (somthing like 20 quid a year for 10k equipment cover including 5k... -
Is convicted ex accountant Darren Upton practicing?
So did Darren Upton up until the day he went to jail. When the news broke on here about him being arrested I immediately contacted him to ask what was going on and he told me that it was utter nonsense and that his solicitors were involved with the owners of CUK. Even after he had been arrested...- blacjac
- Post #262
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Is convicted ex accountant Darren Upton practicing?
Back when it all kicked off with Darren Upton, my other half phoned the police to find out what was going on. They told her that Darren was giving out his own bank account details (or his companies) and telling them that they were HMRC's new details for tax payments. So as well as the above -...- blacjac
- Post #197
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Is convicted ex accountant Darren Upton practicing?
Fecking doppelgänger if you ask me. And yes I have met Darren Upton- blacjac
- Post #77
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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IR35 and software contracting
Some people think coding standards indicate D&C. Others think D&C for a coder is 'you MUST use this function on line 21, and you MUST call that variable MrFloppyChar' Unfortunately, until its tested legally no-one really knows. If you don't have MoO then you are fine - until the government...- blacjac
- Post #7
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Change of Location Halfway Through Contract
No, definitely not standard. I certainly wouldn't sign a contract for service where the client could one day just 'move me' 15 miles down the road, and I suspect most others wouldn't too.- blacjac
- Post #12
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Company paypal account
We've had a Papyal Business account for years with no problems. We never keep any money in there, just link it to the company debit card so purchases come out of the company bank account. Keeps it simple when buying software licenses etc from the states.- blacjac
- Post #24
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Q: What happens when you try to force your contractors into perm roles?
My dad was actually a collector for them self employed. The reasons this all happened (and could easily have been avoided) are: 1. They gave the collectors over 3 months notice it was happening, and told them they wouldn't be making any decisions on the permanent jobs for 2.5 months - so most...- blacjac
- Post #9
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Now show, zero VAT
I'm guessing its Premier Inn cause I've had this too. If you read carefully the invoice will show a 'no show fee' or similar. This is fee they are charging is technically not a hotel booking fee and does not attract VAT.- blacjac
- Post #7
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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How flexible to be when your buyer asks for work based on survey?
Up to you I reckon. We had the same thing in the house we bought 2 years ago, but it was 45 years old with wire fuses, so we kind of expected it. Inspector flagged it as something that would fail an inspection now and recommended we get it done - but not something to stop the sale. For the £135... -
The Wrong Time to be a diabetic...
Absolute bulltulip From someone who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes at 26 and went straight on to insulin - only starting on the tablets 10 years later. -
Advice on returning to permanent employment
Definitely don't rush to close the company down. You may find that after a couple of months back in permie land you want to go contracting again (seen it happen more than a few times...)- blacjac
- Post #11
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
