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    Should a carpenter have products liability insurance?

    Hi there I'm a self employed carpenter and I have public liability insurance but it's just occurred to me about whether I should have products liability too. I do get enquires with regards to making items such as gates, doors, bunk beds, and have recently had someone request a quote to make a...
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    business rates for small amount of work at home?

    Thanks guys yes it will be just me I don't have any staff, it's a job to know what to do for the best sometimes. Just want to earn an honest living but these obstacles seem to crop up sometimes. Your advice us much appreciated
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    business rates for small amount of work at home?

    Thanks, the more I read into it the more complicated it starts to sound, as you pointed out planning permission but i do wonder if i look too much into these things, i suppose a call to the council will be best i just dont want to end up paying just because they think i am willing to pay if need...
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    business rates for small amount of work at home?

    Hi, I'm a self employed carpenter and most of my work consists of working in customers homes but I sometimes have enquiries regarding making things in which case my garage would be ideal for this, I will still work at customers homes the majority of the time. The situation is that my home is...
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    Customer wants invoice detailing a different description of work

    Ok thanks for your responses. I agree I'm not comfortable with the request so I won't do it. Just for the record i will be paying the cash into my bank and it will be going through my books.
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    Customer wants invoice detailing a different description of work

    hi I am a tradesman and my customer who I have almost completed a job for has asked for an invoice but with a completely different billing name, address and work description for their tax affairs. The customer himself is paying me cash. I just want to know if this implicates me in anyway as...
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    Record keeping for cash payments

    Hi, I am a self employed cleaner I do 3 cleaning jobs a week and receive cash for them. The income only amounts to £60 a week. I use a spreadsheet to record the dates, and sum received but I just keep it as cash at home which is then used for odds and ends such as school dinner money, kids...
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    Do we have to create an invoice for every job?

    Hi, partner is self employed carpenter, he writes out an invoice for jobs carried out but just wondered if this is absolutely necessary as not that many customers want one even when asked and he hates paperwork! He puts all his income in the bank and it's recorded on a spreadsheet so is an...
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    Small Claims Court - Customer says they have paid - they haven't!

    HI there, I'll try and explain as simply as I can - I did some work for a quoted amount and the customer paid cash in stages. Before they had paid the final balance, they asked me to add some more work on to what I was doing, I sent them the quote for this extra work on my Facebook page...
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    Advice on process in dealing with unpaid invoice

    Hi there, I've been a self employed tradesman for 2 years and am now needing some help in how to deal with an unpaid invoice. I completed the work some 7 weeks ago which the customer is satisfied with, I sent an invoice giving 30 days to pay, this time has now lapsed and payment has not been...
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