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Paying Wife Redundancy
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Originally posted by RajaStyle View PostShe was paid monthly effectively minimum wage but she handled all the invoicing, accounting and admin tasks. She wasn't a contractor. I guess she didn't have set hours but utilised the time she had to compete the tasks required ready for accountant.
Read the other threads on this matter; I'd say its very risk to attempt to do this, especially for the low amount you could feasible argue as valid based on her wage (assuming MW) and her tenure.
And ask your accountant - that's not just a catchphrase, but actual adviceComment
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I do like the ops attempt at creative accounting
It does strike me as particularly interesting that employers up and down the company do give very generous redundancies well above the statutory minimum without anyone claiming that the employer was trying to fiddle the tax man
If anything Someone leaving a company should get minimum redundancy because he will be useless to the company in the future but that’s not what happens in practise. Someone divorcing their partner *would* try amd pay the minimum so why not the employer employee relationship
I accept that this employer is related to the company by way of spouse but I’m not convinced at all it’s a non starterComment
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Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View PostI do like the ops attempt at creative accounting
It does strike me as particularly interesting that employers up and down the company do give very generous redundancies well above the statutory minimum without anyone claiming that the employer was trying to fiddle the tax man
If anything Someone leaving a company should get minimum redundancy because he will be useless to the company in the future but that’s not what happens in practise. Someone divorcing their partner *would* try amd pay the minimum so why not the employer employee relationship
I accept that this employer is related to the company by way of spouse but I’m not convinced at all it’s a non starter
In a 2 exec company you can’t make the admin person redundant as the admin still needs doing.
It might be possible to make both redundant if there’s no more to be done. Just not one.See You Next TuesdayComment
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Originally posted by Lance View PostReally?
In a 2 exec company you can’t make the admin person redundant as the admin still needs doing.
It might be possible to make both redundant if there’s no more to be done. Just not one.Comment
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Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View PostIm not trying to argue but surely the director can do more admin because "business' is bad and therefore the admin staff help is really redundant....Blog? What blog...?Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostYou make jobs redundant, not people. Giving the work to someone else invalidates the basis of redundancy pay.
The work still needs to be done but by someone else and often in a cheaper location - So I m not sure I buy your argumentComment
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Originally posted by NowPermOutsideUK View PostSeriously? How many times have I been in corps where they merge division x with team y and MrBloggs has decided to leave (a nice way for saying redundant). Or the team is getting restructured ...
The work still needs to be done but by someone else and often in a cheaper location - So I m not sure I buy your argumentBlog? What blog...?Comment
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