Reply to: Self Employed

[Lost It]

Applying for UC will be entertaining when people realise just how much IDS ****ed every claimant , in order to punish the minority of fraudsters. But i digress.

Oh I have first hand experience of this. 8 weeks after having my bowel removed I had to attend some farcical "Fit to work" interview where they decided I was fit for work. Even though I was crapping out what I ate after a couple of hours.
My latest experience over depression? UC should be called **** off and commit suicide and stop bothering us. Nothing in the system for sickness of mental health, it's all about getting you off the dole figures.

Yes IDS did a good job. I only hope he has to claim it one day.

[MPwannadecentincome]

And anyone who's earned more than £50k in any of the last 3 years gets feck all anyway*. I'm pretty sure that catches just about everyone on here.

*Or have I misunderstood that?

you understood correctly

[Mordac]

Was trying to follow this but I assume as a Ltd Director you’re entitled to feck all?

And anyone who's earned more than £50k in any of the last 3 years gets feck all anyway*. I'm pretty sure that catches just about everyone on here.

*Or have I misunderstood that?

[SueEllen]

....taking a permie role at the end of last year was a "bad idea". Who's laughing now? Mwahahahaha!

Don't rub it in....

[billybiro]

And you all thought......

....taking a permie role at the end of last year was a "bad idea". Who's laughing now? Mwahahahaha!

[NigelJK]

Surely it would be easier to reverse engineer from the total tax paid in from HMRC point of view?

This would also highlight the IR35 lunacy.

[Mordac]

“ Sunak says he is treating the self-employed like the employed.

But in return, everyone must pay in, he says.

He is implying that he will reform the tax system so that the self-employed lose some of their tax advantages.”

UK coronavirus live: Rishi Sunak says government will pay self-employed up to GBP2,500 a month | Politics | The Guardian

Ah, remember the time when we had tax advantages? I think I've got some old VAT returns in the loft, I might go up later and get teary-eyed for the old days...

[Scoobos]

You are all dreaming imo, but this is , of course, just my 2 cents!

I don't believe that the back office of DWP or HMRC is anywhere near able to meet these pie in the sky government pledges.

Even with the 'not a penny til june , or 5 weeks for UC' there's no way the public sector can meet this demand after being systematically degraded over 10 years.

90k universal credit waiting list on the online portal means the DWP are totally and utterly unable to process anything, they simply dont have the manpower. DWP is 80% cretins burning money trying to implement & migrate ridiculously over complicated systems (a.k.a BPDTS) 5% front line and 15% actual claim workers.

HMRC simply dont have the resource or staff to process requests to analyse everyones 3 year books and pay either.

The simplist and quickest thing is to just give a minimum standard livable amount , by region, if needs be and get it over with. This should all be temporary and social status shouldn't mean much in this time.

Having watched Question Time last night, our whole plan seems fubar'd anyway - lockdown - but go to work to keep the economy working (not just key workers) - is not a lockdown.

Applying for UC will be entertaining when people realise just how much IDS ****ed every claimant , in order to punish the minority of fraudsters. But i digress.

[Lost It]

Well, I'm just going to wait until I either get an email from HMRC about how to claim. Or I don't.

[jamesbrown]

Exactly you wally...

Depending on the qualifying period that’s 2500 a month I am looking at if needs be... but do keep chirping...

Cretinism is your strong suit.

[dx4100]

How do you work that out???

Was IR35 caught for a big chunk of time so was paying myself a hefty salary.

[northernladuk]

Exactly you wally...

Depending on the qualifying period that’s 2500 a month I am looking at if needs be... but do keep chirping...

How do you work that out???

[dx4100]

The other scheme applies to 80% of your tiny salary, at best, you pigeon-chested little abattoir creeper.

Exactly you wally...

Depending on the qualifying period that’s 2500 a month I am looking at if needs be... but do keep chirping...

[bower123456]

Only claim this if you needed. I say that because it's us contractors who are going to foot the bill for this with increased IR35 tax investigations.

well were going to anyway regardless if we use it or not

[heyya99]

Only claim this if you needed. I say that because it's us contractors who are going to foot the bill for this with increased IR35 tax investigations.