Recent content by Coral99

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    taking on employees, what are me as an aployers costs?

    Hi. I have recently taken on 2 part time staff on minimum wage. About to take on a third. It's my first time using PAYE and I though I would just pay there wage*hours, then PAYE would automatically deduct any tax or NI owed from that. But now somebody else in the business is saying I should...
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    Kickstart scheme, can you replace a participant?

    Hi I have been awarded funding to take on some staff under the Kickstart scheme. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/kickstart-scheme I had to take on the staff by 31st March 2022, which I did. However 1 of the staff isn't really performing, doesn't attend meetings, is always late...
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    How far should, or can, website photographs be deceptive?

    Regarding product not matching photo, then I understand your point about trade descriptions. But making the whole business/service look more established, manipulated to look more trustworthy etc, how does this fit in? Ive known of 2 accounts where companies have been in trouble for posting...
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    Buyer claims item not received but Royal Mail confirms tracked & signed delivery

    This is why I stopped using eBay and Paypal. Amazon is much better at handling missing deliveries. Eitherway would still prefer to trade with my own store. Anyway, several years ago, I used to sell through eBay, not sure what their terms are now or how things have changed but their ruling never...
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    Outside IR35, can I get paid to a family members LTD company?

    I dont understand how the umbrealla company works. Do they handle tax and everything?
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    Outside IR35, can I get paid to a family members LTD company?

    Hi thanks for replying. Iits only temporary, a month or so, so would prefer not to go through the hassle for something which may not last very long and my family member already has a company set up.
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    Outside IR35, can I get paid to a family members LTD company?

    Hi I have just started working for a company who pay a day rate outside IR35, they have said I either need to get paid through the umbrealla company or they will pay my LTD company. I do no have a LTD company but a direct family members does, can they pay my family members LTD company and then...
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    Internal politics, how to deal with partner trying to take over the website?

    Yep, thought I come back to this. I let it carry on for a while, I checked in everyday, but they were telling me more and more frequently that they didnt want me to do something, or they we going to get somebody else to help so I had less and less responsibilities, until evntually I was doing...
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    Tax on govenment grants?

    Hi Are government grants considered income so they are subject to tax? Is there any special tax rules I need to be aware of or do I treat a government grant the same as normal income? For example the Kickstart Scheme, the government pays for an employee plus upto £1500 training/startup costs...
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    Internal politics, how to deal with partner trying to take over the website?

    Hi 4 Months ago, I put a post on social media saying I was looking for people to promote my online store but as couldn't afford to pay I would give a commission of the sales. I wan't expecting much but got quite good response and wanted to move quickly with sourcing products and getting the...