Recent content by dwspritchard

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    Maternity / Redundancy

    Thanks for the replies that what I'd advised her to do as I'd found it very convenient timing for her company, and they seem to be in a bit of a hurry to rush it through with her.
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    Maternity / Redundancy

    Hi all, I was wondering if you could help me with some advice for a friend She's been working for a company for 8 years, 2 years ago they merged with another company and most of her department were given redundancy on the old company terms of 3 weeks for every year of employment. She...
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    VAT on train fare

    Thanks all for the responses, I now feel more knowledgable with regards to the calculations/processes to contact the client's accounts department and discuss the matter further. Kind regards Deryck
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    VAT on train fare

    Hi Duane, thanks for the quick reply thats what I thought also, but the message they left me said they couldn't pay the VAT on the train fare and I'd need to reinvoice them. Sounds like I need to check with them and my accountant to find out what the problem is. regards Deryck
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    VAT on train fare

    I run an IT consultancy and I've been charging a client for my time £X per day, I'm also charging them for my train journey to their site £Y, as well as £Z for my accomodation. I've being producing invoices to them charging vat on X+Y+Z. I've recently received a call from them saying they...
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    Initial company payment.

    Thanks for the responses all, most usefull. Just to explain about my poorly explained comment about doing what I did as an employee. What I mean't to say is I'm using the knowledge I acquired over 10 years in my job and then using that knowledge to provide software and consultancy services to...
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    Initial company payment.

    Thanks for the quick reply Joy, apologies for my slow thank you ;-) I've now got payment cards from the bank so all is well. One more question for the forum, I'm going to bill for my first piece of work and that includes the train fare, now when adding vat do I add it to the total price...
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    Initial company payment.

    I've just started a company to basically do what I was doing as an employee before being made redundant. I have a couple of question which someone here maybe able to answer. 1) I need to purchase some supplies and need to get some money into my companies bank account to cover the cost of...