Reply to: Expenses When Staying Away from Home

[SueEllen]

So why not share your infinite wisdom....

Other posters have kindly already given you some of the pit falls of your set up.

Just make sure if you put a deposit down you know how to get it back.

[northernladuk]

Looked him up at companies house.

Who hasn't

Looked him up at companies house. His handle is almost the same as his real name, he's not bothered with internet security, I do hope he's not working in IT security

300+ of the buggers on LinkedIn though.

[Eirikur]

I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you

Looked him up at companies house. His handle is almost the same as his real name, he's not bothered with internet security, I do hope he's not working in IT security

[northernladuk]

Discuss...

Posting stuff on the internet without reading it is a very bad idea. HTH

[northernladuk]

I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you

Some evil barsteward will quote it just for posterities sake I am sure.

[northernladuk]

I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you

Hope it's not his website that's blocked because a threat JS/Miner-HP has been found on it.

[DeludedKitten]

Discuss...

I'd remove the name of your company from the quote if I were you

[LondonManc]

Very very different set of legislation, but the "friends staying" thing is very much part of the case they built against Tim Healey in declaring his London flat not wholly and exclusive so always worth being very careful what you use these places for. It's part of the reason I tend to put up with the hassle of booking only the nights I need in hotels and AirBnB as it takes away any ambiguity for the weekend.

I stopped renting because you're putting months of rent at risk when you're on virtually no notice from clientco. No point in it. It also doesn't work out that cheap compared to hotels when you've taken the bills into account, especially in that London.

[vwdan]

The grey area that you may encounter when renting is if you decide to stay over in London for the weekend. If it's simply for you, that's fine because you're saving travel up north and back as well as, probably, resting. It's when you invite significant/not so significant others to stay that it's not wholly and exclusively. While it's highly unlikely that HMRC would find out, I thought you'd best be aware of it; I was made aware of it when I rented rather than booking hotels.

One other option for you is to see if there's the opportunity to work from home Mondays and Fridays longer term; travel is generally easier on Tuesdays and Thursdays and you only have two overnights. It's probably easier to negotiate that at renewal than getting a rate increase too.

Very very different set of legislation, but the "friends staying" thing is very much part of the case they built against Tim Healey in declaring his London flat not wholly and exclusive so always worth being very careful what you use these places for. It's part of the reason I tend to put up with the hassle of booking only the nights I need in hotels and AirBnB as it takes away any ambiguity for the weekend.

[LondonManc]

The grey area that you may encounter when renting is if you decide to stay over in London for the weekend. If it's simply for you, that's fine because you're saving travel up north and back as well as, probably, resting. It's when you invite significant/not so significant others to stay that it's not wholly and exclusively. While it's highly unlikely that HMRC would find out, I thought you'd best be aware of it; I was made aware of it when I rented rather than booking hotels.

One other option for you is to see if there's the opportunity to work from home Mondays and Fridays longer term; travel is generally easier on Tuesdays and Thursdays and you only have two overnights. It's probably easier to negotiate that at renewal than getting a rate increase too.

[MikhailCompo]

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[LondonManc]

To you perhaps, but plenty have made positive contributions to this thread unlike yours. So not quite that clear

The advice I offered is absolutely sound and based on the experience of myself and others.
If you don't want to take it, then politely decline it rather than declaring me a troll because you disagree with it or it's not what you were hoping to hear.

[BR14]

To you perhaps, but plenty have made positive contributions to this thread unlike yours. So not quite that clear

Can this be moved to General Please?? @mods

[MikhailCompo]

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[WTFH]

Admins; OK to post their response without identifying them?

Unless your accountants have told you not to share it, go for it.