Recent content by Dave Boatman

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    Part time employee holiday

    This was the method we used at a previous company, when did this happen?
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    Office rental - minimising business rates

    What’s the current rateable value of the property?
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    VAT WONT ALLOW OUR INDUSTRY SUCCESS PLEASE HELP

    In your opening post you said vat was included in the permit cost to anglers, could you clarify
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    VAT when importing from Europe

    Checked my account application with the shipper and I didn’t fill anything in for deferred vat. Also checked my invoices from supplier and they do have a clause on each of them stating “Delivery Exemp of VAT According Art 39 1.1 of Belgian Law
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    VAT when importing from Europe

    Yes we are both vat registered
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    VAT when importing from Europe

    Value is several 1000 euros per shipment. I will check the forms I filled in to open the account with the shipper to check for the postponed vat
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    VAT when importing from Europe

    I have recently started using a supplier based in the EU for one of our raw materials. They have a shipper who deals with all the importing. I am VAT registered and have an EORI number. They send me an invoice for a customs clearance charge of £50. This morning I was having a conversation with...
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    Vat question

    You are assuming that you can add 20% to your current prices without it affecting sales.
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    Bank Holiday / Full Time

    That’s not how I read it
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    Need opinion on business name

    To me the names come across as someone trying to be too “clever” and that may put some potential customers off. Who is your target market? Joe public won’t know what you do. I would assume you worked on fancy corporate networks and wouldn’t be interested in replacing the cracked screen on my...
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    Can anyone recommend a very good contract dispute lawyer?

    3% of £9000 is only £270 so I am guessing that is a mistype. If they won’t mediate I would let them take it to court.
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    PAYE & Director's Salary

    Depending upon when your year end was you may be able to treat the first payment as a director loan and now pay yourself the same amount which can then be used to repay the director loan. This doesn’t need any cash to move around it would be done through journal entries. Going forward get an...
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    Can I refund a buyer who has paid for something?

    Did you agree a price in £ or euros with your customer?