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Originally posted by lecyclist View PostAll the previous posters are missing the point. It all depends where your holiday destination is.
If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.
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Originally posted by lecyclist View PostAll the previous posters are missing the point. It all depends where your holiday destination is.
If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.
I suspect the OP was not talking about a research trip to Hull, just a hunch
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Originally posted by coolpixel View PostIn addition to being a contractor, i am also a freelance writer - short fiction, and the kind- all under the same Ltd company.
i was wondering if i can expense a holiday - undertaken for research.
If it's Hull, for example, i suggest HMRC will never suspect you were taking a holiday.
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostThey are but you will be inside IR35
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Originally posted by MrMarkyMark View PostI'm sure that's exactly what HMRC will say.
To save a few K, I do not think it would be worth it.
Especially if HMRC use this as an excuse to carry out other investigations.
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Originally posted by dotcom12 View PostI can understand the duality element, however, the facts of the case need to be fully examined i.e. what research was undertaken and was the holiday incidental to the research being undertaken i.e. if you were on the poolside thinking about the novel then that would constitute a holiday whereas if you attended a Expo then maybe a proportion of the costs could be considered as allowable
To save a few K, I do not think it would be worth it.
Especially if HMRC use this as an excuse to carry out other investigations.
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I can understand the duality element, however, the facts of the case need to be fully examined i.e. what research was undertaken and was the holiday incidental to the research being undertaken i.e. if you were on the poolside thinking about the novel then that would constitute a holiday whereas if you attended a Expo then maybe a proportion of the costs could be considered as allowable
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Originally posted by northernladyuk View PostI expensed the old man's face on the same basis.
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Originally posted by radish2008 View PostThis sounds like a friend of mine that expensed a sofa on the basis she sat on it sometimes when working from home.Last edited by northernladyuk; 10 May 2017, 15:28.
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Originally posted by SandyD View PostIn any case I did ask my accountant and he didn't see any issue with it... btw I only expensed the flight, nothing else.
You claimed travel to and from a business meeting, and nothing else. If you had claimed the hotel when you weren't there for a meeting then that would have been very different.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostDuality then? You think HMRC are not going to see through that and question it?
Even when business men go on conference or training they usually have specific days for entertainment, and getting to know the place...
In any case I did ask my accountant and he didn't see any issue with it... btw I only expensed the flight, nothing else.
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Originally posted by SandyD View PostI have expensed flights to places I had interviews or where arranged business meetings where I wanted to explore possible contract opportunities, however I also stayed at that country for a few more days exploring ... so arrange for a few interviews or business meeting where you are going??
I have a friend in Norway (I know different laws) but also does the same, arranges some business meetings, or conferences, then spends a few more days with me and we both do some trips in the UK.
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