Yep, Santander. The galling thing is that I have recently been listening to a lot of 'The Dark Money Files' podcasts and I was really shocked as to how blatant the ops were and how incredibly negligent the banks were. I regard listening to the 'The Dark Money Files' podcasts as MLR CPD.
I seem to recall that this was the intention some time ago, but due to political pressure they reversed the policy, ie it is the really low earners who need NI credits to get a state pension. At the moment, low self-employed earners can voluntarily pay Class 2 and get NI credits. I assume the change means instead of paying Class 2, there will be pressure to inflate profits above the LEL, eg not claim expenses, declare 'cash' sales...
Aren't the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme grants limited to Covid-19 related issues? Being incapacitated by something else is unfortunate , but doesn't qualify for these grants as I understood it.
I can't point you to any guidance, but I had an long heavy investigation on a fencer that went on for 18 months. HMRC would not engage on the use of concrete vs concrete foundation and eventually in Dec 2019 I received a letter saying "It is my judgment that it would not be cost effective to carry on with the Compliance check".
A lot of people quote the use of concrete is within CIS (and that is what Taxwise said to me and they refused to make any tax investigation payment (so bye bye Taxwise)), but that just ignores the word foundation in concrete foundation. If foundation is not relevant, then the wording would not be:
"If the fencing is erected as an isolated operation and is a heavy duty structure, that is, the main supporting posts are installed in a concrete foundation, the operation is caught by CIS."
It would be something like:
"If the fencing is erected as an isolated operation and is a heavy duty structure, that is, the main supporting posts are installed in concrete, the operation is caught by CIS."
Posts can be driven into the ground or more frequently some concrete is added to the hole before the posts are driven in.
Using concrete does not make it a concrete foundation. A concrete foundation referred to in CISR14140 is more substantial and is a concrete base covering the whole area and not just the area underneath each post.
When I looked into the R&D specialists (Companies House, website, Linkedin etc), it seemed the specialists were ex-recruitment consultants and they used companies that were closed down by the time the enquiries would be concluded.
I asked my builder client whether he thought he was really carrying out SRA work and told him the rewards (net of fees) and risks (HMRC digging into the status of his subbies etc, latest ConDoc), I expressed no opinion, but would charge full rates for any enquiry.
Clients hear of tax refunds without risk; explain the risks and they are no so keen. If only HMRC would do their job. I have done one R&D claim that client pushed me to be ultra aggressive with big numbers; HMRC made no enquiries.
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And unilaterally break international treaties??
Not for me, no Bounce Back Loan claimed
Yep, Santander. The galling thing is that I have recently been listening to a lot of 'The Dark Money Files' podcasts and I was really shocked as to how blatant the ops were and how incredibly negligent the banks were. I regard listening to the 'The Dark Money Files' podcasts as MLR CPD.
I seem to recall that this was the intention some time ago, but due to political pressure they reversed the policy, ie it is the really low earners who need NI credits to get a state pension. At the moment, low self-employed earners can voluntarily pay Class 2 and get NI credits. I assume the change means instead of paying Class 2, there will be pressure to inflate profits above the LEL, eg not claim expenses, declare 'cash' sales...
Secondary threshold?
Aren't the Self-Employed Income Support Scheme grants limited to Covid-19 related issues? Being incapacitated by something else is unfortunate , but doesn't qualify for these grants as I understood it.
Ill with Covid-19 or something else?
I can't point you to any guidance, but I had an long heavy investigation on a fencer that went on for 18 months. HMRC would not engage on the use of concrete vs concrete foundation and eventually in Dec 2019 I received a letter saying "It is my judgment that it would not be cost effective to carry on with the Compliance check".
A lot of people quote the use of concrete is within CIS (and that is what Taxwise said to me and they refused to make any tax investigation payment (so bye bye Taxwise)), but that just ignores the word foundation in concrete foundation. If foundation is not relevant, then the wording would not be:
"If the fencing is erected as an isolated operation and is a heavy duty structure, that is, the main supporting posts are installed in a concrete foundation, the operation is caught by CIS."
It would be something like:
"If the fencing is erected as an isolated operation and is a heavy duty structure, that is, the main supporting posts are installed in concrete, the operation is caught by CIS."
Posts can be driven into the ground or more frequently some concrete is added to the hole before the posts are driven in.
Using concrete does not make it a concrete foundation. A concrete foundation referred to in CISR14140 is more substantial and is a concrete base covering the whole area and not just the area underneath each post.
When I looked into the R&D specialists (Companies House, website, Linkedin etc), it seemed the specialists were ex-recruitment consultants and they used companies that were closed down by the time the enquiries would be concluded.
I asked my builder client whether he thought he was really carrying out SRA work and told him the rewards (net of fees) and risks (HMRC digging into the status of his subbies etc, latest ConDoc), I expressed no opinion, but would charge full rates for any enquiry.
Clients hear of tax refunds without risk; explain the risks and they are no so keen. If only HMRC would do their job. I have done one R&D claim that client pushed me to be ultra aggressive with big numbers; HMRC made no enquiries.