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    Alpha Republic - please advise or review

    Hi, I am a healthcare professional that is very new to the contracting gig. My next assignment is happy for me to be paid via umbrella company, thus presumably saving me some money overall. A colleague has advised 'Alpha Republic Limited' to help me with this and states he has had no issue...
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    Furlough and working for another company

    Hi, I have limited company and I recently lost the contract soon after buying a house. In difficult situation now. I have below questions: 1) Can I furlough myself from my company and get small job retention grant? 2) While on furlough in my own limited company can I do another permenant job ...
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    COVID-19 Help recently self-employed

    Hi I`ve been self-employed since the end of June 2019. Unfortunately, because of the current lockdown, I`m not able to work. The gov promised to pay 80% based on at least 1-year assessment records, which I don't have yet. I was employed before starting my self-employment and paid tax through...
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    Claiming exam and training costs from HMRC?

    Currently working as an IT contractor and trying to navigate the minefield of expenses whilst being employed via an umbrella company. My question relates to claiming the costs of certification exams and training materials (books, video subscriptions, bootcamps etc..). Since I am not a limited...
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    at a despair - Notice of assessment recevied

    evening.. I have just received a notice of assessment for a loan charge saying i have to pay by mid march. This is the first letter I have received. I never received any letters prior to this as some of the threads suggest were sent out. How can HMRC send out an assessment with calculations...
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    HMRC Manual on outside to inside

    Not sure if people have already seen this latest published HMRC manual. ESM0117 - Employment Status Manual - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK Quoting from Manual:- Where it is agreed that a worker who has previously been regarded as self-employed should now be treated as employed, then you will...
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    End client mentioned in a contract

    I operate through a PSC and have been on an outside-IR35 contract with a UK-based recruitment agency for a few years. The client, for the purpose of this contract, is a large consultancy. This consultancy has a number of business clients in the UK, one of them being a large insurance agency. I...
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    Accounting Period for Corporate Tax on HMRC online

    Hi, I set up a new limited company on 30 June 2018. So I had to submit my first Corporate Tax Return (CT600) at the beginning of this year 2020. This covered the period 30 June 2018 - 30 June 2019. The status of the submission is "submission complete" but when I click on it it says...
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    HMRC Announcement - Damage Done

    Didnt see this posted yet. HMRC announces change to the off-payroll working rules - GOV.UK Most of folk i know are terminated effective from 28 Feb so this is too little too late.
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    Worth one last final try?

    Worth one last final try? Westminster Protest and Lobby Day - Stop The Off-Payroll Tax
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    Temporary visit to the USA for delivering services paid to my UK LTD.

    Hi everyone! I am the director of a newly created LTD based in the UK. My company provides engineering & consultancy services. There is a possible contract to start in a couple of months for a US customer; it requires my presence to oversee the development. It is the electrical installations...
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    UK Limited B2B SaaS Company signing up US Corporate Clients and getting paid

    Hello, I've got me Limited Company going now... no more IR35 and no more sitting at desks. All remote Skype, phone, email, I have clients for SaaS programming in the UK. I am a UK Citizen. Resident in UK. I want to offer the same cloud services to USA big companies. I want to pay some...
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    Members Club Fees as allowable expenses?

    Hello, I run a small tech advisory business and was using a co-working subscription that was £400 per month. I recently decided to end this contract as it was far to high for my uses. I decided to join a private members club who encourages its daytime use for business use. I spend most of...
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    Loan Charge - late to party

    Hi All Sorry for the new thread but not sure i could get answers from the other threads as you all seem to be involved for a while in the LC discussions, and i am a relative noob. My position is that i worked briefly as a contractor in 2011-12 and used winchester contracts to get paid. Perm...
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    Related part time degree course and allowed company expenses under HMRC rules

    I operate as an IT Project Manager - almost exclusively in the Finance sector. I have done some work in IT Security over recent years and want to move more into that specialism and market my company as a Cyber Security Project Management specialist. I started a Cyber Security MSc in 2018 which...
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    Taxman pays 41,000 people to be HMRC informers

    HMRC paid the evasion callers a total of £343,500, with individual payments historically depending on the ‘value of the tip-off and the quality of the result.’ Has any one earned money through this business?
    • RobScott
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    • cheats hmrc informers ir35
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    • Forum: General
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    Could I end up paying HMRC the tax and being asked to pay my loan back?

    Hi. I’m new here and seeking advice so please be gentle. I’ve tried to read as much as possible about the loan charge. I can’t afford the tax advice. Last week, I had the letter from HMRC about possible disguised remuneration and I contacted them. They said they are querying an umbrella...
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    Changing accountants mid contract.

    Hi I am thinking of changing my accountant as he is not doing much or anything at all. Also currently he is abroad and I am unable to get hold of him since last 4 weeks. what do I have to do for handover to a new accountant? Do I need to make HMRC aware? Also any recommendations for a good...
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    Suing Winchester Contractors

    Is anyone employed by Winchester Contractors who have been affected by the HMRC settlement schemes, taking legal action against Winchester?
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    2019 Loan Charge Petition Parliament

    I am some what if a Parliament Petition geek (clearly lack a decent social life) and would be interested in starting one on this matter. There currently is no running petition so would not have the issue of duplication. While petitions are often worthless, if 100,000 signatures can be obtained...

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