Originally posted by psychocandy
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Originally posted by psychocandy View PostLooking for a new brolly now and noticed a lot of them are still saying "you might be able to get travelling expenses".
Having been on an inside role for the last 4 years this is news to me....
But reading the above, if its deemed inside by the client then no expenses anyway. I don't get it - if it was outside I wouldnt be using a brolly in the first place!Leave a comment:
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Looking for a new brolly now and noticed a lot of them are still saying "you might be able to get travelling expenses".
Having been on an inside role for the last 4 years this is news to me....
But reading the above, if its deemed inside by the client then no expenses anyway. I don't get it - if it was outside I wouldnt be using a brolly in the first place!Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by hobnob View PostI suspect that a similar thing will happen for iPhones etc.
And I think you mean just 'phones' and not iphones.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by eek View PostI'm not sure that a 3 month old iphone is worth just 15% of the original purchase price though
EIM21667A - Employment Income Manual - HMRC internal manual - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
If the rental scheme lasted for a year, then the acceptable disposal value is 18% (for a bike that cost less than £500) or 25% (for a bike that cost £500 or more). That means the company either has to sell the bike for that much, or they can sell it for less and treat the saving as a BIK.
I suspect that a similar thing will happen for iPhones etc.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by eek View Post
It doesn't work like that
The approach is - buy laptop from Currys with money deducted from first pay pocket.
Asset is owned by umbrella
On completion of project the materials are then disposed of (i.e. sold to the worker who wanted them in the first place).
Anyone who is used to purchase vouchers from perkbox and co will know why Currys is in the picture here.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Buy new laptop through LTD, sell it back to contractor at start of an inside gig, sell back to LTD at end of gig. Start new gig, buy it back from LTD and so on.
If you can't be bothered with that the LTD leases it to contractor for each gig.
Could be a nice little money spinner that.
The approach is - buy laptop from Currys with money deducted from first pay pocket.
Asset is owned by umbrella
On completion of project the materials are then disposed of (i.e. sold to the worker who wanted them in the first place).
Anyone who is used to purchase vouchers from perkbox and co will know why Currys is in the picture here.
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Originally posted by eek View PostFollowing on from the workshop I attended on Friday - I actually think Parasol are right and can allow hardware purchases for the purposes of the project.
The devil is in the detail but it is clear that materials used for the project can be deducted before deemed payments are made and that must equally apply to umbrella firms.
Now it wouldn't surprise me if HMRC tried to reject the claim and took it to court and it may seem completely strange it also makes sense given the actual rules and making the assumption that
1) the hardware is for that project (so computer, phone, iPad fine - washing machine probably not).
2) the hardware is disposed of (via reselling) at the end of the project.
The fact the hardware ends up in the workers hands at a lower price doesn't seem to have occurred to HMRC...
I'm not sure that a 3 month old iphone is worth just 15% of the original purchase price though - and VAT handling would be a very interesting thing to investigate.
If you can't be bothered with that the LTD leases it to contractor for each gig.
Could be a nice little money spinner that.Leave a comment:
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Following on from the workshop I attended on Friday - I actually think Parasol are right and can allow hardware purchases for the purposes of the project.
The devil is in the detail but it is clear that materials used for the project can be deducted before deemed payments are made and that must equally apply to umbrella firms.
Now it wouldn't surprise me if HMRC tried to reject the claim and took it to court and it may seem completely strange it also makes sense given the actual rules and making the assumption that
1) the hardware is for that project (so computer, phone, iPad fine - washing machine probably not).
2) the hardware is disposed of (via reselling) at the end of the project.
The fact the hardware ends up in the workers hands at a lower price doesn't seem to have occurred to HMRC...
I'm not sure that a 3 month old iphone is worth just 15% of the original purchase price though - and VAT handling would be a very interesting thing to investigate.Leave a comment:
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Originally posted by Acme Thunderer View Post
I'm with Paystream and these are the questions they asked me, so they could check if the expenses were allowable
- Can you outline the nature of your usual role in more detail?
- What is the nature of your day to day travel/month to month?
- Have you worked at the site(s) you are claiming for previously?
- Will you be returning to this site(s)?
- How long will you be stationed at this site/these sites?
- Are you stationed at this site/these sites exclusively during this assignment?
- What expenses would you be claiming?
- Will the client/agency be reimbursing these expenses?
*I say usually as there have been some (strange) exceptions here.Leave a comment:
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