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Today, 14:54

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Inevitably, lunch has been zingy chicken, tomato and lentil soup with wholemeal bread :tongue

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Today, 14:30

cojak replied to a thread get your priorities right :-) in General

I did this on Sunday, but as I'm a beginner with yorkshires I grilled the sausages separately and added mashed potatoes after pulling out two...

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Today, 14:11

NickFitz replied to a thread Monday Links from the Lockdown vol. DLXXVII in General

The page URL isn't the image URL… :)

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Today, 14:08

cojak replied to a thread Deaths from Covid in General

You would need to look at the sociological aspects of this as much as (if not more than) the NHS. The gig economy and the eroding of worker...

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Today, 13:58

cojak replied to a thread New Job in Belgium help?? in Business / Contracts

The agency who arranged the contract should be sorting this out for you - it's not something that I would expect the contractor to have to do. You...

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Today, 13:54

cojak replied to a thread Physical paper tax return, can you send HMRC a printed out copy or do you have to in Accounting / Legal

Only possible if HMRC pick up the phone. I have a straight-forward question that needs an answer but I get a recorded message along the lines of...

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Today, 13:33

cojak replied to a thread Mobile Office - Tax in Accounting / Legal

Mobile homes with laptop space aren't acceptable, but I would have thought something like this might be: Mobile Office Vans - Total Van Solutions...

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Today, 12:20

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Afternoon denizens :wave: Cloudy out but 11°C and the rain has stopped for now; 990/998mB on the clock :ind Rubbish night's sleep then,...

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Today, 10:32

eek replied to a thread Bank account transfer incentive - Taxable ? in Accounting / Legal

Why wouldn't it be taxable?

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Today, 09:58

eek replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

That's not what I've seen - it's cease and desist with document preservation. Mind you some people are idiots and clearly don't understand that in ...

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Today, 09:53

cojak replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

Yep, I can't see how thy think that just saying sorry is going to get them out of the tulip-hole they jumped into.

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Today, 09:51

cojak replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

That's what overloading on steroids does to you...

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Today, 09:28

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

The IR35 changes are going to take effect and that isn't part of the OP's question anyway.

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Today, 09:04

eek replied to a poll Was there fraud in the US election? in General

Retraction won't be enough - Dominion know that a retraction will only get 1/1000th of the attention the original story got so they are simply...

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Today, 08:59

eek replied to a thread 'Outside IR35' Public Sector contract offered but can I rely on it? in Business / Contracts

Agencies will add that type of clause in as 1) it's the typical kneejerk response you get when the end client has a contract that explicitly passes...

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Today, 07:45

cojak replied to a thread 'Outside IR35' Public Sector contract offered but can I rely on it? in Business / Contracts

Let's be honest here. As everyone here says, the onus is on the agency and client. It sounds like the ONLY reason it's outside IR35 is to get...

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Today, 07:33

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

For me its a no-brainer, take the permie job. But let's say you actually want to stay a contractor - read this thread to understand your outside...

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Today, 01:06

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Bron/Broen S3E4 on the box tonight :bluelight Rain seems to have settled in for the night :frown Goodnight all :wave: :tired

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Yesterday, 22:21

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Teeming down here now :frown

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Yesterday, 22:11

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Tea has been ribs and chips :tongue This means there's now space for one portion of the ribs I'll be making tomorrow :rolleyes: Different sauce...

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Yesterday, 22:09

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Sadly not :(

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Yesterday, 21:36

eek replied to a thread Any views on potential increases to Corp Tax? in Accounting / Legal

As I said above present the option of this tax alongside the withdrawal of Stamp duty against keeping stamp duty and the 10 year overdue Council tax...

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Yesterday, 21:25

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

Ages ago I bought a big box of labels from Staples, not because I really needed them for anything in particular, but because I have no impulse...

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Yesterday, 21:22

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

I label my soups and stews, but turnover is generally rapid enough that it's not an issue. One advantage of it not being very big, I suppose...

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Yesterday, 20:17

NickFitz replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

It's absolutely jam packed in there already, but I can find a bit of space by doing things like taking frozen meat out of the plastic containers full...

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Yesterday, 20:02

eek replied to a thread test please delete in Light Relief

freezer bags tucked into any gap you can find?

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Yesterday, 20:01

eek replied to a thread Any views on potential increases to Corp Tax? in Accounting / Legal

It's not going to be a 1 off demand, the plan is to replace council tax and stamp duty with it. So it would be (0.5%) so £5000 instead of £3000 in...

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