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    Sub-Contracting

    Keep in mind how you refer the work on. If you go down the sub-contractor route, the customer's agreement is with you and you therefore bare that responsibility.
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    Zero rate VAT

    You don't wait to sell the item before you can reclaim the VAT, the VAT is reclaimed based on the purchase. As has been stated above, they should really raise this with their accountant. Import and epxort VAT (and duties for that matter) can sometime be like tryin to plait sawdust and I'm not...
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    When is a Director not a Director

    On a simialr vein, you can be considered a director without without the title/Co. House regsitration "shadow director".
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    How do you dismiss a ‘good’ employee that just isn’t right?

    I've encountered people like this in the past and the excuse "it's just the way I am" is exactly that - an excuse. I've also had the anachronistic "I don't come to work to make friends" and/or "I didn't get here by being nice to people". As others have said and you seem to be thinking...
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    P45 Problem

    Hi The P60 was issued and having investigated further it seems the new employer did use the new starter checklist after all, not the P45. Our payroll provider has submitted the P45 for 2020/21, but HMRC have applied the earnings to personal tax account in month 2021/22!
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    P45 Problem

    Hi Thank you for all of the replies. Just to clarify on a few points... The employee left on 7th April, but their final pay up to/inc. 7th April was paid in their March salary (afore mentioned error) and they were processed as a leaver in March (and P45 issued). They started there new...
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    P45 Problem

    Good evening An employee left early in April. Due to an error on the part of our payroll provider, they were processed as a leaver in the March payroll (being paid up to their April leaving date - basically, full March pay plus a bit for April), their P45 was issued as month 12 and dated early...
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    Which Accounts Software to replace old Sage Line 100 software?

    Xero is capable of importing, I believe CSV is the method. In my experience with IT, using a reseller/vendor/support partner can really make a difference between having a system that "does the job" vs. a systems that does the job you really need it to do in a way you need to do it.
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    Which Accounts Software to replace old Sage Line 100 software?

    I've used Sage 50 with imports for sales (and purchase) invoices from another system on several occasions - either with a direct link between the two or by using an imported file such as CSV. Where there was a direct link it worked quite smoothly, this depends of course on capability of the...
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    Would This Cause Trouble?

    Putting aside any validity and/or interpretation of the clause you quote, the issue with the move you are considering is usually between the agency and their client. That's not to say it wouldn't have ramifications for you, but the crux of the matter in these circumstance is that the agency...
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    Employee Advice Zero Hour Contract.

    Furlough pay where an employee's work/pay varies will be based on what the pay was in the same pay period in the last tax year or the average pay in the last tax year (which ever is higher). If an employee is on flexible furlough, they should be paid furlough for the time the don't work (based...
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    Staff handbook and employment contract template

    I'm not an HR expert, so feel free to take that it to account when reading my response, but two things spring to mind here... First, relying on a template means the contract may not actually meet your needs and you're leaving yourself open to the risk of not having a sound "bona fide" contract...
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    Apprenticeship Levy Account

    Good afternoon Can anyone tell me how to access/login to view the status of an apprenticeship levy account? I can't see anything on our usual HMRC login. When I try and set up an apprenticeship levy account with name and email etc. it seems fine until I add the government gateway log in details...
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    How to convince sales to stop opening cash accounts

    Only you know if there is a genuine reason why credit accounts are better for your business than cash accounts and what that reason is. You need to ask yourself is “why are cash accounts bad/a problem for our business, why are credit accounts better?” The answer to that question (assuming it’s...
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    Customer wants to return discounted item

    To me, it sounds like someone is trying to "pull a fast one"! The customer orders an item (e.g value £100) to be paid by instalments Credit provider advances you £100 Customers decides they don't like it and send back You send the customer a refund (£100 cash) They then refuse to pay the...
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