Reply to: Cunning advice needed

[The Lone Gunman]

Move in next door to her in her new country of residence.
UK maintenance laws will probably not be enforcable and you are already divorced so local law wont do anything. Then commute to work in the UK.

[Mailman]

I said cunning advice...

Demand to see her payslips, ensuring you are earning less than her, then threaten to go to court to demand a slice of her income!

There, problem solved

Mailman

[Swamp Thing]

I would suggest ether start up another limiter company or resign from the current one. Keep the majority of the shares and appoint a good trusted friend as a director. Once you are off the company record, (uses a postal drop or rented office for an address) get your payslips made out to whatever is convenient. Your are then officially employed but you have control of the company. If you wish to make the trail longer, you can buy a second company in order to purchase the shares of your contracting company. Also the company name does not have to resemble the trade., so for example you could do contracting under a company called “Wigan Fruit and Veg Supplies”. One of my companies sounds like an umbrella company and this really confuses agents.

I like that one, thanks.
Thanks to all for their contributions

[Clog II The Avenger]

Since divorcing my wife I have gone from from permie to contractor. She does not know this, but true to the stereotype of being a psycho biker b1tch income diminisher, she has demanded to see my payslips for the last 6 months, and wants to see them every 6 months thereafter. The court order which was made in England specifically states that I only have to inform her of “any change to salary within one month of notification from your employer”. Nothing about proof, nor regular frequency to supply it.

I run my own company and do the usual thing, unremarkable salary, high dividends, all documented etc etc.

My ex is French, now living permanently abroad.
Advice? 2 things to remember: I must brush off the ex with the minimum of fuss (otherwise she will re-engage her rottweiler solicitor who will commence the mother of all financial fishing trips), and I cannot afford to let her know about my company.
P.S. For any smart-arse moralists out there, I pay the ex a pretty healthy slice as it is, so no holier-than-thou toss from you please.

There is a big miscomprehension about limited companies. YOU don’t need to be a director to control the company. It is the shareholders who own and control the company. I would suggest ether start up another limiter company or resign from the current one. Keep the majority of the shares and appoint a good trusted friend as a director. Once you are off the company record, (uses a postal drop or rented office for an address) get your payslips made out to whatever is convenient. Your are then officially employed but you have control of the company. If you wish to make the trail longer, you can buy a second company in order to purchase the shares of your contracting company. Also the company name does not have to resemble the trade., so for example you could do contracting under a company called “Wigan Fruit and Veg Supplies”. One of my companies sounds like an umbrella company and this really confuses agents.

[Swamp Thing]

Next time, instead of getting married, just meet some bitch you don't like and buy her a house.

HTH

Yes, thanks for that.

[TheMonkey]

Next time, instead of getting married, just meet some bitch you don't like and buy her a house.

HTH

[Swamp Thing]

How are relations with existing client?

They have been known to help-out with these matters from time to time, you know seduce someone in HR in order to get a letter sent by them.

Relations are good, but they are a blue chip financial services outfit, therefore help is highly unlikely (concerns re. anti money laundering etc, and rightly so to be fair).

[DimPrawn]

Advice

Next time, instead of getting married, just meet some bitch you don't like and buy her a house.

HTH

[Swamp Thing]

You can set your ltd company salary to whatever level you want. Did the courts make any ruling over your income from shares (in your own company)

Indeed, but there has been precedent where the court and/or the CSA has treated dividends as deemed income. No, there is no ruling re. income from shares, and I suppose I could take a very narrow rational-legal view on this. But the other side wouldn't; they'd come over all IR35-like and argue I have been hiding assessable income.

[TwoWolves]

How are relations with existing client?

They have been known to help-out with these matters from time to time, you know seduce someone in HR in order to get a letter sent by them.

[Phoenix]

Move, and leave no forwarding address

[Swamp Thing]

I said cunning advice...

[BoredBloke]

You can set your ltd company salary to whatever level you want. Did the courts make any ruling over your income from shares (in your own company)

[TheMonkey]

Just get her a pimp

[MrsGoof]

would following Reginald Perrins example hlp?