Mobile phone and IR35

[dx4100]

Hi All

Just wondering if someone could clear this up for me.

Currently working on none IR35 caught contracts. I want to get a mobile phone on the business.

1. Whats the deal with making personal calls with this phone. I really do not want to be carrying around two mobiles.
2. What happens if I suddenly switch to a IR35 caught contract or contracts

Cheers, would ask the accountant but their offices are now close

[centurian]

Cheers, would ask the accountant but their offices are now close

Then why not ask them tomorrow...

[dx4100]

Then why not ask them tomorrow...

I could do lol

I wanted to know tonight so I knew if to look at personal or business tariffs.

[DaveB]

Phones are irrelvent to IR35.

Your Ltd can supply you with a phone and provided it is on a business tariff in the company name you do not have to distinguish between business and personal calls, the company pays for the entire bill.

If you have the phone on a personal contract in your name you can only claim for the cost of business related calls, nor can you claim for the cost of the line rental.

[dx4100]

Thanks for that.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Phones are irrelvent to IR35.

Your Ltd can supply you with a phone and provided it is on a business tariff in the company name you do not have to distinguish between business and personal calls, the company pays for the entire bill.

If you have the phone on a personal contract in your name you can only claim for the cost of business related calls, nor can you claim for the cost of the line rental.

Does it have to be a contract, can PAYG count as a business phone?

[swamp]

Oh FFS. We've discussed this endless times. Use the search feature of the forum...

[FiveTimes]

Does it have to be a contract, can PAYG count as a business phone?

Orange do a PAYG business sim card.

[MPwannadecentincome]

Oh FFS. We've discussed this endless times. Use the search feature of the forum...

Oh FFS I searched, pages and pages of results, can't see the one about PAYG

[MPwannadecentincome]

Orange do a PAYG business sim card.

I do not understand that at all - a PAYG sim is a PAYG sim, what is special to a business about it? I didn't see anything on the orange web site.

Besides, I was not asking where to get a SIM, I was asking if the rules for mobile phones being allowed as a business expense include PAYG phone or is it only monthly contract plans in the name of the business that count?