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State of the Market
Re: Agents contriving work for themselves because of the State of the Market ... Over the last few months I've noticed an uptick in the (apparently pointless) actions that agents are assigning for themselves. For example, I recently had a Teams interview arranged and agreed with a potential...- dangerouswhensober
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State of the Market
A new low ?? The following email from an agent appeared in my in-box today. I'm not quite sure if it's genuine requirement or a very subtle p*ss-take - the ad is looking for a Programme Manager at < £100 per day (inside IR35). ============================================ Hi - I hope this...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #12,305
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HMRC offsetting current tax overpayment against historic open years
Well done 'brommers' - and it's great that the forum advice helped. In my experience, the HMRC culture is mainly mired in inertia - the minions lower down the organisation will avoid making refund decisions unless and until they are absolutely forced to do so - by a letter from an MP, for...- dangerouswhensober
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- Forum: HMRC Scheme Enquiries
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Pre-referencing rears its' ugly head again - times must be tough ...
This is from an on-line ad posted today by an agency called Protiviti ... =========== Next steps, if you are interested then please apply to this role with your latest CV so I can shortlist suitably, following this as part of our compliance, we require 2 references/testimonials before profile...- dangerouswhensober
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HMRC offsetting current tax overpayment against historic open years
I had this situation about three years ago - I was due a tax refund and HMRC initially refused to pony up as they said I had open years (Loan Charge) which might result in my owing them. I made a formal complaint to HMRC - they have to independently investigate all complaints, and they have...- dangerouswhensober
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- Forum: HMRC Scheme Enquiries
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Fixed Term Contracts - what lunatics work on these ?
And did I forget to mention the pension contributions ? When I was an FTC, the hiring company had to treat me as a permie - which meant I was enrolled into their pension fund - to which they made their statutory contributions each month. At the end of four years, I just transferred all their...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #27
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Fixed Term Contracts - what lunatics work on these ?
You forgot the "sickies" A while ago I did a four-year FTC and threw about 10 (ten) sick days each year (in 230 working days each year). Permies get paid for days off sick, and contract prozzies don't - they just lose a day of billing for each day off sick. So taking an FTC - where you must...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #26
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State of the Market
State of the Market I'm pretty sure there were over 400 applicants for my current contract. Reason I know is because - it's a government department - they advertised through two agencies on their PSL - my agency and Hays. My agent said that they received over 200 CVs - Hays would have...- dangerouswhensober
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Things about to get very serious and much more real? / Felicitas Letters
From the Government web-site - on Statutory Demands ... From the Government web-site - on Statutory Demands ... Just for info .... This is from the Goverment web-site Make and serve a statutory demand, or challenge one - GOV.UK "If the debt’s over 6 years old, you cannot usually make a...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #276
- Forum: HMRC Scheme Enquiries
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Umbrella Companies - Giant vs Paystream vs Advance
Comment on Giant Comment on Giant I've just been offered a contract - subject to security screen and receipt of satisfactory references. The contract mandates the use of an umbrella company, to be chosen from a PSL of nine companies. (I am already with one of the companies on the list - they...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #14
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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State of the Market
Or alternatively you could post the details of the scheme on one of the various "scambaiters" sites (Google for details) so that someone could possibly have some fun with these low-lifes ... BTW - It's no coincidence that they are advertising jobs in China just when the availability of work in...- dangerouswhensober
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State of the Market
This always is the BIGGEST indicator of "Advanced Fee Fraud" - any fee or payment that you have to make before you get anything in return is (almost) always associated with a scam. Just think about it ... They are not asking for any teaching quals at all - not even TEFL ?? They are going to...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #5,435
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State of the Market
A sad comment on the state of the market ... A sad comment on the state of the market ... This contract was posted yesterday on Jobserve. I don't think I have ever seen a longer list of required experience & expertise ... IMO - It's a sad comment on the state of the market at the moment...- dangerouswhensober
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Loans being demanded - a summary
I think that should read "... you do NOT need to be a genius to understand the options." (Because I do have quite a good grasp of the options and my boss and my partner both emphatically deny that I am a genius :-()- dangerouswhensober
- Post #42
- Forum: HMRC Scheme Enquiries
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Advice Needed -Consultancy asking for expenses to claim them as their own
Re: "A company claiming travelling expenses which they don't incur is fraud. The travelling expenses need to be passed on to the contractor." I don't think that's true - the wording on the contract between the consultancy and the company is ALL IMPORTANT. For all you know, that contract may...- dangerouswhensober
- Post #22
- Forum: Accounting / Legal
