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[d000hg]

As you've not need a company secretary since 6th April 2008 I don't have one.

This is the crux of it of course - so many of us must still have their spouse as secretary because the company was set up prior to this date.

[TheFaQQer]

Does company secretary constitute "an officer of the company"?

Yes.

If so I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with "I made you the secretary merely because the law required the company had a company secretary, on the basis you would play no part in running the company, so now the company is going to pay for you to have a top-end smartphone".

That's exactly the kind of "this wasn't what the law intended but it's legal until they realise the loophole so let's do it" mentality which all these dodgy tax schemes are based on...

If you only have a company secretary because there used to be a requirement to have one, then you may as well remove them from their position and notify Companies House of their termination by completing form 288b.

If someone is your Company Secretary but has no part in running the company, then their are either naive or foolish - the company secretary can be criminally liable for defaults by the company (eg. failure to update the registers, failure to complete the company return to Companies House), so if they aren't aware of that, then you probably have bigger company issues to resolve than whether they can have a company phone or not.

[eek]

Does company secretary constitute "an officer of the company"?

If so I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with "I made you the secretary merely because the law required the company had a company secretary, on the basis you would play no part in running the company, so now the company is going to pay for you to have a top-end smartphone".

That's exactly the kind of "this wasn't what the law intended but it's legal until they realise the loophole so let's do it" mentality which all these dodgy tax schemes are based on...

As you've not need a company secretary since 6th April 2008 I don't have one.

[d000hg]

Does company secretary constitute "an officer of the company"?

If so I'm not sure I'd be comfortable with "I made you the secretary merely because the law required the company had a company secretary, on the basis you would play no part in running the company, so now the company is going to pay for you to have a top-end smartphone".

That's exactly the kind of "this wasn't what the law intended but it's legal until they realise the loophole so let's do it" mentality which all these dodgy tax schemes are based on...

[TheFaQQer]

Is that allowed if she is merely the "token secretary"?

If she is an officer of the company or director, then yes. If she is an employee of the company, then yes. If she is neither, then no.

[minestrone]

The role of senior piemaker is demanding one.

[eek]

Is that allowed if she is merely the "token secretary"?

I cannot possibly comment but considering I can't justify buying my own contract via the company I really couldn't justify buying Mrs Eek's contract that way.

[d000hg]

I guess wifey is also getting a company phone.....

Is that allowed if she is merely the "token secretary"?

[eek]

WMS... well the sentiment anyway, nothing wrong with having a smartphone but £40/month... ouch.

I must've missed the part why have two £40 contracts?

I guess wifey is also getting a company phone.....

[d000hg]

2 phones at £40 per month each.

I can see why you have credit rating issues.

Get a company phone for 50 quid and stick a 8 quid a month sim only card in it.

WMS... well the sentiment anyway, nothing wrong with having a smartphone but £40/month... ouch.

I must've missed the part why have two £40 contracts?

[minestrone]

I can't decide. You can't really go wrong with black as a safe option, but I rather like the striking yellow one.

I had a black 820 and I ended up disliking the total blackness of it, it was like the monolith from 2001. Maybe it would be different with the lens on the 1020 which has some features.

I got a speck candy shell case for it, I don't get the phone till Monday, I wanted something that would be proud of the lens as people complain that it gets roughed up on tables. Want to try and protect this phone, I constantly drop them.

[speling bee]

Yellow. The purple ones give me nightmares.

I respect that. But I prefer the purple ones.

[suityou01]

Yellow or purple minion?

Yellow. The purple ones give me nightmares.

[speling bee]

Shiny shiny new iPhone 5s, resplendent in minion case

Yellow or purple minion?

[suityou01]

Shiny shiny new iPhone 5s, resplendent in minion case