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    VAT claim back on services? Flat Rate

    Hi, We run a cleaning company so are on the flat rate scheme. We now source staff from an agency that charge VAT. Are we able to claim that back with it being a service?
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    Limited Company- Self employed staff

    Hi Thank you for your reply. Yes we are very cautious regarding their employment status. No we don't want to be self employed as a director, I was just making sure I had everything correct as the only clear guidance I could find online was that the directors would have to be employed but...
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    Limited Company- Self employed staff

    Thank you. Yes incorrect wording, I do understand that.
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    Limited Company- Self employed staff

    Hi, Thanks for your replies. Yes they are self employed for tax purposes, we have the HMRC document to state they will stand by the result and we ran it through several times with the varying ways they conduct their work to be sure. So as I understand it, it's just that we can't employ...
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    Limited Company- Self employed staff

    As a Limited Company, can you hire self-employed staff or do all workers need to be employed by the company?
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    Cleaner injured in domestic client property

    Recently a self employed member of staff (who is verified self employed for tax purposed by hmrc, we made sure of that) dropped a pan she was washing, went to catch it and caught her finger on the dishwasher that didn't have a front on it. The dishwasher was intact during our risk assessment...
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    Selling off Domestic Clients with staff in place?

    Thank you for taking the time ro help and pass on your wisdom. Between this thread and another I started I understand things alot closer now. @japancool it is before any drawings. I guess we see its worth because currently this bunch of clients and staff take up about 2 hours a day and £200ish...
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    Selling off Domestic Clients with staff in place?

    We're basically selling contracts from both the clients and staff as a job for the buyer. We understand that. She has no plans to build and get into VAT, just client rebuilding if any cancel but there is huge demand in the area, she would also get our waiting list. We're just not sure how to...
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    Selling off Domestic Clients with staff in place?

    We have a cleaning company partnership that has just registered for VAT. We've been wanting to branch out into Commercial Cleaning for a while now. Are we able to sell off our Domestic Client base with the staff members in place? We would go under the VAT threshold but would remain registered...
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    Gifting or selling business to child instead of losing 75% of clients

    Can we sell a portion of domestic clients? We would then be paying VAT on remaining clients and the commercial clients of course. Its been 5 years of being busy fools. We don't want to go back there.
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    Gifting or selling business to child instead of losing 75% of clients

    108k would be the turnover of the next year. We hit 85k last December. Would it be classed as artificial separation even though we are a partnership and therefore any sale would be separated? and also considering the fact if we do add the VAT we have no clients left and therefore nothing to be...
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    Gifting or selling business to child instead of losing 75% of clients

    Hoping for some guidance after hours of searching online and not coming up with any clear answers. My cousin and I have a cleaning business as a partnership. We have both domestic and commercial clients. We have just registered for VAT after hitting the threshold. This is no problem for our...