Ripped off by tree surgeons

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

11 hours ago, eggsarascal said:

You'll get Mr Johnson up in arms. Whilst he claims back for his iPhone holder (IT equipment), Dog Guard, (security), child seat for the new motor, (HSE issue), everyone else is a proper tight bastard, (needs no explaining)!

Barter is better than cash Mr E!    Although covered in tax law under:

 

As Viscount Simon noted, in Gold Coast Selection Trust Ltd v Humphrey [1948] 30TC209, at page 240:

 

‘..In my view the principle to be applied is the following. In cases such as this, when a trader in the course of his trade receives a new and valuable asset, not being money, as the result of sale or exchange, that asset, for the purpose of computing the annual profits or gains arising or accruing to him from his trade, should be valued as at the end of the accounting period in which it was received, even though it is neither realised nor realisable till later...’

 

Yeah, good luck with that Hector!

 

PS....  All those examples you mention, and many more, are legitimate business expenses....

 

And THAT my friends, is why it is SO expensive to hire a pro....  

 

 

Edited February 10, 2018 by kevinjohnsonmbe

[Rough Hewn]

I once asked hmrc:
" if I got given a dozen chickens for a job, how many chickens would I have to give hmrc?"
They said a specialist would call me back.
Didn't.
[emoji12]

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

11 minutes ago, Rough Hewn said:

I once asked hmrc:
" if I got given a dozen chickens for a job, how many chickens would I have to give hmrc?"
They said a specialist would call me back.
Didn't.

Love it!!  My next letter to them will be along the lines of:

 

You have had X period of time to resolve the discrepancies I have highlighted to you, on the basis that you are unable / unwilling to do so, I shall make my own calculations for 18/19 (and any subsequent years) and set aside anything that I think due which you may request on supply of satisfactory resolution of the outstanding discrepancies.  Until then, I will not subscribe to your services....

 

F*ckyou very much, yours, blah, blah.....

[frets1]

£3,000. 

You can keep the logs to. ?

[GreenscopeLandscapes]

Where's the guy that started this thread ? Are you there??[emoji85]?

[Haironyourchest]

On 2/9/2018 at 22:24, Mesterh said:

Don't forget the home owner has a duty of care to employ the right/relevant/whatever person to do the job. If you do use the bloke down the pub and something goes drastically wrong the law can look to said home owner.

 

Ignorance is not an excuse

Well, actually it sometimes is. Just to be pedantic, if the local pub chainsaw guy did hurt himself, and sued, the homeowner would only become liable if negligence could be proven. Or proven "enough" to convince the court. If the pub guy represented himself as an experienced and competent operator (and remember in the eyes of the law tickets are not the only indicator of competence) - given his reputation and self affermation as such - then the homeowner would have satisfied the duty of care. If the pub guy turned out to be lying about his level of competency, then how could the homeowner be expected to know? That the the crux of negligence - if you knew and didn't/did do somthing about it, then its negligence. If you genuinely did not know, then you cannot be convicted of negligence.

[Gary Prentice]

Can an unqualified client sue the client? I thought they only bore responsibility if they employed a contractor who injured others

Edited February 12, 2018 by Gary Prentice

[Guss109]

Need to find another venue then spud, how about nr carlisle mid way ish between us

As long as he takes his tools for onsite porting[emoji50][emoji14]

[Shogun]

Got a quote today for a single tree clear fell and remove,  you get to keep timber

 

 £4500 plus vat,

 

OK a big tree, but if you are going to get 15 to 20  ton of fire wood and stump not included some one must need a 

 

Caribbean holiday paid for.

 

Tree will be done £1000

 

[MattyF]

You have a quote for £1000 ??