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IR35 re-opening investigations
I forget why they started investigating, I think it was the old 'PAYE' thing. It quickly became apparent that the objective was IR35 by the tone of the questions. Interesting points zathras, as you say they were happy to close it down but as for re-opening...I doubt that very much. I have a...- ThisAndThat
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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IR35 re-opening investigations
Guys, what is the time frame for the revenue people if they decide to re-open a closed IR35 investigation? I think general tax matters are 7 years and my case was fought and won about 6 years back. I've since then lost the details anyway. Just wondering if they would drag open a case about a...- ThisAndThat
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- Forum: Accounting / Legal
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Just suppose..
Thanks the BigYin for the ideas. Yes on certain sites you are not allowed any mobiles switched on, so that dongle idea is not poss. I will have a play later (at home). Cheers- ThisAndThat
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- Forum: Technical
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Just suppose..
..that I need to read a website but my browser does not run javaScript (as it is a corporate blocked/locked down). However, I do have a webserver that can run PERL. So, stupid question and I'm sure there is an easy answer somewhere but what I need to do is have a webpage on my server, running a...- ThisAndThat
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Agent needs references for new contract
kellycell, are you new to all this? Only on these boards the general advice to any request for references from agents (except as said above for defence/security work) you should just say no. Time and again people have proven that the agents only want your back catalogue of contacts to milk for...- ThisAndThat
- Post #6
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Laser eye treatment
Well, I did find this example..... This is part of an essay written in text language by a 13-year- old girl at a secondary school in the west of Scotland: "My smmr hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr 3 :-@ kds FTF. ILNY, its gr8. Bt my Ps wr so {:-/ BC o 9/11 tht...- ThisAndThat
- Post #26
- Forum: General
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Laser eye treatment
Don't whatever you do use... Don't whatever you do use... ....an outfit that have the letters 'O' & 'E' in their name. I used them to order glasses last year and there were the following mistakes: 1. They swapped over the lenses between frames (IE the tinted lenses were in the wrong frame)...- ThisAndThat
- Post #12
- Forum: General
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Getting agencies to pay up
Way to make them wake up Way to make them wake up I recall reading somewhere a while back that the best way to get action is to submit a winding up order to whatever authorities handle this kind of thing. I think the idea of officials crawing over their accounts gives them unpleasent thoughts...- ThisAndThat
- Post #8
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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yesterday a small agency asked me for my Passport photo ID prior to an interview ..
SandDown said ...'Daaaah - the passport copy / photo needs to be certified by an official (same as they do in the passport office) - -' Ok, fair enough but he did not say that was the process. Whenever I have (stupidly in the past :eek: ) done this there was not expectation of any...- ThisAndThat
- Post #15
- Forum: General
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yesterday a small agency asked me for my Passport photo ID prior to an interview ..
Why? Why? Hang on a mo. Did they ask for a passposrt photo or a copy of the page with your photo? Related to all this is 'why'? Lets say you do send a copy of your passport by fax I assume or an email attachment. How does that prove to anybody, like the agent or client or uncle Tom Cobbly...- ThisAndThat
- Post #13
- Forum: General
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Key Skills
Would you be using Agile and SSADM at the same time? RAD as well? Looks like a list of headings from a Dummies guide to programming paragims. :o What is surprising is thatt they have not qualified any of these so called 'skills' with a time parameter. Usually we see '...must have min of 2...- ThisAndThat
- Post #13
- Forum: General
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Sign of times: Store bosses set off fire alarm then sack staff in car park
Another redundancy tale.. Another redundancy tale.. ..I recall many years ago how Texas Instruments used to lay off staff. In those days there was a company bus that took the workers in, one day the bus stood at the entrance having dropped off all the workers but left the engine running. It...- ThisAndThat
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- Forum: General
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where has all the work gone ?
unemployed, you have my sympathy. I too know what it is like having to deal with these people. You might like to have a read of this amusing article where someone gets their own back on agents: http://www.simple-talk.com/opinion/opinion-pieces/it-agencies-and-the-devil/ Regarding the...- ThisAndThat
- Post #72
- Forum: Business / Contracts
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Huxley admission
And I hope this does not mean that you should now SEND (post/fax/email etc) copies of your passport/birth certificate/driving licence as I fail to see how that proves who you are. So in practice, you must meet the person who is doing the checking in person or how will anyone be sure that you...- ThisAndThat
- Post #22
- Forum: General
