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    Security Clearance Question

    self employed self employed I put self employed on all of them but you still need to provide contact details; "Please provide details of someone in a position of authority who knew you well through your work while you were self-employed. This could be a senior business partner in your...
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    Security Clearance Question

    Employment with in the last 5 years? Do you put the end client and a contact or the agency? I ask as i know most of the senior dev team have moved on from the company i worked at.
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    Average spend in London

    The boss of a solutions architect i used to work for is head hunting me and dangling a carrot. Just wondered what the average spend is in london on digs(for 4 nights), food, travel? THen i can work out if the carrot is big enough for me to move as i dont know as yet if i will be renewed. Thing...
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    Car Allowance

    My Ltd Co. bought a car 9 months ago. I currently drive 380 miles a week and have been in this contract 6 years. My client is relocating to a new location about 30 miles further away. Would it be more cost effective to stay in a B&B and claim fuel and subsistance or drive the company car since...
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    Pensions

    reply from accountant... reply from accountant... - Is the stakeholder scheme run by Ltd Company? (If so any Employee contributions should have been collected through the payroll) Answer: NO - Are the payments made net of basic rate tax (as suggested in the email from your...
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    Pensions

    how is this then recorded? On my paye payslip?
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    Pensions

    I pay a contribution every month to a stakeholder pension (in my name) directly from my business account. What way is this taxed? I'm getting conflicting info. My accountant says - as i didnt tell him it wasnt a company pension scheme every payment would have to be taken as a dividend as it...
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    Same job - new company - rate loss?

    Like "Its a deal, its a steal, its sale of the f*&king century,".... F*$k it, i think i'll just sign. I lived in Belfast for 20 years... I dont negotiate with TERRORISTS!! I'll keep you posted... may involve wearing a Ipswich Town shirt OR the PM magically finding a Carrow Road season ticket...
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    Same job - new company - rate loss?

    Elan have said £x take it or leave it - which is what Company have said indirectly "found someone with web skills" in the building. I was really cool about it at the beginning... Rounding my rate up by 1.50phr. Elan said NO WAY... Then saying OK i'll come down to my current rate for a 12...
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    Same job - new company - rate loss?

    I would have known that if i was an employee but I’m not so I don’t! Ok cheers, I knew he was full of sh1t. So Company B said sign for less or we have someone with your skills who will shadow you until June. I've been here a year and the system is so complex it would take them a few light...
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    Same job - new company - rate loss?

    Folks I currently contracted through my Ltd co. to Company A at Company B's site. Company A and Company B are parting ways in June so Company B have offered me a contract doing EXACTLY the same job. Someone said that have to match your current rate or is against the some employment law (tupee...
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    Ltd Company Dividends

    I will prob claim the 40p a mile for the 1st 10kmiles then i forget how much it is thereafter. Divs are paid electrionically which statements from the Business Bank can be downloads and catelog all incoming and out goings. The 1k PAYE has this as a description and the 2k div has Company Div as...
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    Ltd Company Dividends

    Guys, This is my 1st years as a Ltd Company and i was wondering if in your opinion if i'm running this correctly. This is what i do PAYE £1000 pm pay tax on this every month (circa £347) Divi £2000pm After paying my VAT per Quarter i move what ever is left over in the business account to...
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    Excel Template

    Thanks, i orginally should have gone with SJD instead i went with an accountancy mate who is a bit behind the times in NI. Not many contractors over there.
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    Excel Template

    Guys, I've downloaded my business statements and as i have some free time i want to do all my wages, divi and expenses. Does anyone have a excel template handy?

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