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6th December 2019, 14:34

JohntheBike replied to a thread Labour Commit to scrapping April 2020 roll out of IR35 reforms to the private sector in IR35 Reform

more - BREAKING NEWS: Labour commit to scrapping April 2020 Off-Payroll rules rollout Javid will have to respond hopefully.

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6th December 2019, 08:50

JohntheBike replied to a thread The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War in General

yes, it's the same for any totalitarian society, whether fascist or communist. The UK civil war is long enough ago for us not to suffer the same...

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5th December 2019, 14:43

JohntheBike replied to a thread New contract/client outside of IR35? Is this possible? in IR35 Reform

yes, I guess you are correct. I'll advise the outcome when I know more.

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5th December 2019, 14:37

JohntheBike replied to a thread The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War in General

yes, and I guess there are many other issues being covered up, like the orphans being sent to Australia etc. At least with the Internet and modern...

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5th December 2019, 11:46

JohntheBike replied to a thread The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War in General

Facing Franco's Crimes: The Silence of Others BBC 4 Monday 22:00

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5th December 2019, 11:10

JohntheBike replied to a thread Labour to raise dividend tax from 7.5% to 20% in The Future of Contracting

nor mine

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5th December 2019, 09:02

JohntheBike replied to a thread salary/rate information in General

as far as I know, Ford are still heavily into PS. I still prepare interfaces in PS format, which are now mapped to SAP format. There may be other...

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5th December 2019, 08:54

JohntheBike replied to a thread New contract/client outside of IR35? Is this possible? in IR35 Reform

This scenario is of some concern for me. I supply my services to an end client through a software house. However, it is the software house that is...

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4th December 2019, 16:05

JohntheBike replied to a thread Labour to raise dividend tax from 7.5% to 20% in The Future of Contracting

yes The Official Monster Raving Loony Party | Vote For Insanity

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4th December 2019, 15:54

JohntheBike replied to a thread Labour to raise dividend tax from 7.5% to 20% in The Future of Contracting

none of the above!

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4th December 2019, 15:50

JohntheBike replied to a thread The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War in General

yes, and the abduction of babies from "unsuitable" mothers continued into the 1980's with support from doctors and the Catholic Church. The West...

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4th December 2019, 15:45

JohntheBike replied to a thread Tale from wales about benefit claims in General

I guess that the schools in North Wales weren't affected so much. It was generally English speaking teachers in South Wales who enthusiastically...

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4th December 2019, 13:57

JohntheBike replied to a thread Labour to raise dividend tax from 7.5% to 20% in The Future of Contracting

agreed, it's a real shame that so many are not aware of these issues. Clearly new and younger voters won't see the threat to pensions as that is a...

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4th December 2019, 13:49

JohntheBike replied to a thread IR35 - the end of a flexible workforce in IR35 Reform

you can't trust any of them, they are all liars.

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4th December 2019, 13:46

JohntheBike replied to a thread Tale from wales about benefit claims in General

and I've found that 100% of those cannot translate three Welsh phrases that I give them into their English meaning. I can, and I can't claim to be...

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4th December 2019, 09:40

JohntheBike started a thread The cover up of crimes after the Spanish Civil War in General

I watched the program on BBC4 the other night detailing the covering up of the atrocities committed during and after the Spanish Civil War. It's...

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3rd December 2019, 15:47

JohntheBike replied to a thread salary/rate information in General

I've been saying this for some time.

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3rd December 2019, 13:27

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

Abbey Tax's assessment of the working practices disagrees. Their assessment is that the contract is outside of IR35. However, what is interesting...

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3rd December 2019, 12:41

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

yes, and given that a senior manager of the end client has declared that I must stay until all the applications that I support are finally...

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2nd December 2019, 16:42

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

partially perhaps. However, although I know the permie pay scales of my end client, I don't know the same for the software house. Clearly there is an...

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2nd December 2019, 16:31

JohntheBike replied to a thread Personal Pension Contributions and Effect on Dividend Payments at 7.5% Rate in Accounting / Legal

I've been contracting for 23 years and I declare what dividend my accountant tells me to. Perhaps my thinking has been too simplistic. Clearly...

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2nd December 2019, 16:16

JohntheBike replied to a thread Tale from wales about benefit claims in General

well, the last time I was anywhere near the centre of Newport, it was paradise compared with Neath.

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2nd December 2019, 14:46

JohntheBike replied to a thread The Christmas tree thread in General

Kermit then.:laugh

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2nd December 2019, 14:41

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

see my subsequent post. from my personal point of view, I'd be very little worse off, for various reasons, in nett pay terms by taking a PAYE...

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2nd December 2019, 14:39

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

what I mean is are they being offered PAYE salaries at the same level or higher than their contracting rates?

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2nd December 2019, 14:36

JohntheBike replied to a thread Welsh co-worker cannot go 24 hours without mentioning being Welsh in General

well, when I get paid while doing it, then no.:laugh

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2nd December 2019, 14:33

JohntheBike replied to a thread BBC's War of the Worlds in General

as I said, I watched the film first, the first part of which, without dialogue, wasn't easy to understand. I watch films to be entertained and the...

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2nd December 2019, 14:22

JohntheBike replied to a thread Welsh co-worker cannot go 24 hours without mentioning being Welsh in General

and then there was a Welsh king on the throne of England before the Scots had one and the Irish never had one. Henry Tudor also founded one of the...

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2nd December 2019, 14:17

JohntheBike replied to a thread Welsh co-worker cannot go 24 hours without mentioning being Welsh in General

wus - a corruption of gwas - servant

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2nd December 2019, 14:13

JohntheBike replied to a thread JP Morgan show their hand in IR35 Reform

so do you know in general how the PAYE salaries compare with the contracting remuneration?

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