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    Caption competition

    "You were only supposed to blow the bloody door off." Dave
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    Sick jokes about tragedies

    I love a good joke, sick or not. I think it's something psychological with people in that telling a joke about something bad, instantly makes them realise their situation is not quite as bad as they think. Anyway to cheer the forum up, here's a few of my jokes. However, I shall refrain with...
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    Deerfoot IT Recruiters

    Hiya, I went for a job for a client via Deerfoot a while ago. The guy I dealt with was called Martin and I found him very prompt, professional, and courteous. While at the end of the day I didn't get the job, the whole process of their handling of my application, getting it to the end client...
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    Some info please re tax and a Irish contract.

    Status in the UK is. Co-habiting - other halfs house, 2 kids which are both mine. Thanks for the replies so far.
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    Some info please re tax and a Irish contract.

    Guys, I'm being interviewed next week for a contract in Dublin - Ireland and I need a bit of advice on the best solution tax wise for me if I got the job from all you who have worked out there. As a quick bit of background, I started contracting about 10 months ago and am based in the uk. As...
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    A question about tax and contracting. Very confused so please help.

    Morning folks, Many thanks for the helpful answers. While the employer NI came as a bit of a shock, I did understand the paye tax and expenses being tax offset bits, it was just the way payroll and tax calculations actually worked which was confusing me. Went to the "inland rob them all"...
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    A question about tax and contracting. Very confused so please help.

    Good morning, I need some advice from you. I've just got a short 3 month IT contract down in the south west and start next Monday. As it is only 3 months, I have registered with an umbrella company to save hassle and costs of setting up a limited company. I'm going to be staying with family...

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