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Originally posted by Troll View PostI'm so bored wfh in this contract that I bought myself one of these
Set myself up a target at the bottom of the drive and in between conference calls I practice my shooting out of the study window
Sometimes I use the local wood pigeons as alternative targets but the namby pamby velocity limit on modern air rifles means all I can do is tickle them
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I'm so bored wfh in this contract that I bought myself one of these
Set myself up a target at the bottom of the drive and in between conference calls I practice my shooting out of the study window
Sometimes I use the local wood pigeons as alternative targets but the namby pamby velocity limit on modern air rifles means all I can do is tickle them
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWhy do I need a link to point out £10 is not a substantial amount? Bit of common needs to be applied as well.
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostYou need to look at the factors in combination:
- Destination
- Journey
- Cost
I will quote what I always do:
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostDepends if that cost is going up from peanuts to 3x peanuts.
I was just trying to put a reminder in to the discussion that you have to consider substantial. Some of the posts were discussing the change of 10 miles etc.... The term is littered throughout the HMRC guidance yet we have ended up analysing micro situations and getting giddy about it.
We are also getting too hung up on fictitious examples using cost alone and we have already agreed that going to work in the car costs £10 in petrol, taking the train costing £40 does not reset the clock.
- Destination
- Journey
- Cost
I will quote what I always do:
Sometimes it may be difficult to decide whether a change of workplace should be recognised. The basic principle is that a change in the location or the boundaries of a workplace will be recognised as a change of workplace where the change has a substantial effect on:
the journey an employee has to make to get to work and, in particular,
the cost of that journey.
In practice you should recognise the change of workplace in all cases except where the change has made no significant difference to the commuting journey.
Edit: further thought. Is there a confidential HMRC helpline where they will give a position on this kind of thing?
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhere does HMRC document that they are talking about explicit values rather than percentages?
Why should trebling the cost not count as a substantial difference?
I was just trying to put a reminder in to the discussion that you have to consider substantial. Some of the posts were discussing the change of 10 miles etc.... The term is littered throughout the HMRC guidance yet we have ended up analysing micro situations and getting giddy about it.
We are also getting too hung up on fictitious examples using cost alone and we have already agreed that going to work in the car costs £10 in petrol, taking the train costing £40 does not reset the clock.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostWhere does HMRC document that they are talking about explicit values rather than percentages?
Why should trebling the cost not count as a substantial difference?
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Originally posted by northernladuk View PostWhy do I need a link to point out £10 is not a substantial amount? Bit of common needs to be applied as well.
Why should trebling the cost not count as a substantial difference?
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Why do I need a link to point out £10 is not a substantial amount? Bit of common needs to be applied as well.
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