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    Building Contractor

    Speaking as one who has retired after 40 years in construction (on the client side of the fence) even I wouldn't want to get involved in this. Construction health and safety is a complex business and dealing with workers who haven't come up through the UK culture...? (Believe me the ones who...
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    Serious error found in HMRC online assessment form

    No, licences are made via a US agency who take their cut then transfer the rest to me. I have to apply to the IRS for tax exemption and the money comes to me in US diollars to be taxed in UK
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    Serious error found in HMRC online assessment form

    I talked through the application with the HMRC advisor who in turn went off to consult with her superior so I don't believe that there was an error in form filling. I am in the fairly unusual situation that a large proportion of my income comes from the USA and the system is unable to reconcile...
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    Serious error found in HMRC online assessment form

    I found an anomaly in the online calculation which resulted in an excessively high tax demand. Wrote it up an my blog but can't link here as a newcomer but it might show up if you google "HMRC Self Assessment Form. Serious Anomaly with Foreign Earnings" tweeted at @pthonyc
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    Converting a hobby into a business

    Thanks Both, My conversation with HMRC led me to believe that equipment could be transferred from "Personal" to "Business" and qualify for AIA if correctly valued, presumably if I had sold all my kit and the business bought replacements there would be no question on this? With the subsequent...
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    Converting a hobby into a business

    As a long time amateur photographer, tax year 2008/09 I started part time self employed submitting photos to Stock Agencies, a little writing of illustrated articles for magazines and am soon to do my first paid wedding. There is a long lead time between putting pictures with agencies and making...
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    Hello from a photographer/travelwriter

    Hi, like many with my "job description" I started out with a hobby which drifted into becoming a business. I'm here to hopefully become more businesslike. I won't be able to offer much in return for a while but if anyone neads any advice on how to drive their new digital camera... Tony
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