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Yesterday, 18:24

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Can you put Bitcoin in an ISA? in General

Best news of the year so far.

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Yesterday, 17:10

ChimpMaster replied to a thread End of an era in Business / Contracts

Good luck and well done. 65 posts in 32 years of contracting. Who are you again? :grin

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Yesterday, 09:00

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Contract vs Perm D-Day in Business / Contracts

I think it's a great time to go permie, because I'm going permie too :wink I didn't have a single day off in 2020. I won't know what to do with...

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16th January 2021, 10:39

ChimpMaster replied to a thread What age do you plan to semi-retire? in Business / Contracts

+ kids moving out :laugh

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15th January 2021, 09:56

ChimpMaster replied to a thread State of the Market in Business / Contracts

An unusual week for me. 2 calls for contracts, one in Germany and one in Luxembourg. One for Wipro and the other TCS, end clients are financial...

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15th January 2021, 09:53

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Infosys confident in UK market after Brexit in General

I doubt it. It always comes down to money. And that includes backhanders and bonuses. Management in charge don't care about long term results...

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14th January 2021, 21:21

ChimpMaster replied to a thread TAAR - Condition C - Trading before the first distribution in Accounting / Legal

Your aim has been to liquidate before any potential tax changes come into play in April. Don't risk your primary objective over one last hurrah....

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13th January 2021, 16:58

ChimpMaster replied to a thread State of the Market in Business / Contracts

This is absolutely the way forward for me. I am hoping to put as much possible into the employer's pension scheme when I turn permie in the...

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13th January 2021, 09:22

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Transfer shares from my wife before liquidating the company in Accounting / Legal

My bad, and it was literally on the next line :tired I wonder if it's as simple as adding the wife as a secretary now. Best to ask the...

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12th January 2021, 15:52

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Transfer shares from my wife before liquidating the company in Accounting / Legal

IF that's what the accountant said, sack him. A 5 second Google will teach you lots: What do you need to know about Business Asset Disposal Relief...

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12th January 2021, 11:37

ChimpMaster replied to a thread State of the Market in Business / Contracts

This reminds of a time during my early years in IT, earning £22k as a SAP "consultant" (trainee ABAP more like it): I bumped into a heavy-set fellow...

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12th January 2021, 11:09

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Transfer shares from my wife before liquidating the company in Accounting / Legal

Not much info to go on from his message but I think it's because she hasn't held the shares long enough to qualify.

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11th January 2021, 17:13

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Cryptocurrency in General

Didn't expect it so soon. Scoots was right. Just out by a magnitude of time.

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11th January 2021, 17:12

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Cryptocurrency in General

If a criminal gave you a BTC - that he 'earned' 10 year ago - from his cold wallet, then how is anyone ever to know where it came from? He could...

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11th January 2021, 12:21

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Boom ... but very early days in General

Ah so she never wanted you to meet another woman :wink Congrats on the house sale. There are ways the buyers can expedite the purchase but it'll...

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8th January 2021, 17:16

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Cryptocurrency in General

Exactly this. The past 10 years of criminal proceeds are now easy to launder: $Billions being washed through into fiat every day. One might...

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8th January 2021, 16:11

ChimpMaster replied to a thread MVL: Metro Bank not releasing my funds for 2 months in Accounting / Legal

It was this I think:...

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8th January 2021, 16:01

ChimpMaster replied to a thread MVL and Hudson Weir - any reports? (and a note on MVL online) in Accounting / Legal

You say Hudson Weir is a preferred option but you don't specify the reason why, other than flexibility on timing of the 2nd distribution. What else...

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8th January 2021, 15:32

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Cryptocurrency in General

Bitcoin has been the currency of choice for dark web criminals for 10 years. Can you imagine how much crypto those guys might be holding now. ...

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8th January 2021, 09:56

ChimpMaster replied to a thread Cryptocurrency in General

It's always nice to hear the really big success stories.

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7th January 2021, 20:17

ChimpMaster replied to a thread stock market crash in General

A lot can happen between now and the future.

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7th January 2021, 18:24

ChimpMaster replied to a thread stock market crash in General

Grantham cited shares in the electric car maker as an example of the market bubble. “As a model 3 owner, my personal favourite Tesla tidbit is that...

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7th January 2021, 12:28

ChimpMaster started a thread Quick question about remote working for client in Germany in Business / Contracts

I've never had a European client so just quickly while I am on email ping-pong with an agent:- Prospective client is in Germany. Will allow remote...

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6th January 2021, 11:55

ChimpMaster replied to a thread What age do you plan to semi-retire? in Business / Contracts

Yes my implication was that it's not unimaginable to be able to generate such an amount of income if one has invested/saved over a course of 30 years...

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5th January 2021, 15:08

ChimpMaster replied to a thread What age do you plan to semi-retire? in Business / Contracts

Kids are a key factor, probably THE key factor, in determining when you will be able to kick back and semi-retire. Without kids the numbers become...

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3rd January 2021, 11:18

ChimpMaster replied to a thread At what point do you stop being a player and become a spectator? in General

Are we talking cuckold here?

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