Selling firewood legalities

[gensetsteve]

I would assume if you damage something while tipping it will be on your vehicle insurance. Pl would be useful these days to prove your innocents. If a thatch catches fire u will need to defend your self. If someone trips over the pile of logs you just delivered. If someone feels the woodworm eat there house in a week from your logs.

[Johny Walker]

Not sure on the legalities of insurance but it's best to be covered in case you knock someone's shed down or hit something when tipping. No it hasn't happened to us.

 

If you're selling to people who receive the RHI grant you need to be on the Biomass Suppliers List (BSL) which basically means proving all your timber is sustainable with a felling licence as minimum for each lot.

 

Check the total weight of your delivery vehicle and load and make sure it's not over 3.5 tons, that can cause problems.

 

There's recently been news of trading standards looking at load sizes but that's not an issue yet for most people. Personally I would always sell per cubic meter.

 

If you're feeling ambitious VAT has to be charged after £75,000 turnover. If you're selling to the end user charge 5% and if it will be sold on charge 20%.

 

Business rates... https://www.gov.uk/introduction-to-business-rates/overview Not my area of expertise, there's plenty of exemptions so just ask around.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Edit: VAT is worth looking at regardless of turnover as you can claim back the difference.

 

here you go vat threashold

 

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiVtNWC3MXJAhUBwhoKHcBWBTgQFggmMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vatlive.com%2Feuropean-news%2Fuk-vat-registration-threshold-raised-82000-per-annum%2F&usg=AFQjCNFTxhAGoyTAy-Vjmr7TfkCviMrxew&sig2=y8ZJywqjkH6CbTt9R2hW1g&bvm=bv.108538919,d.d2s

[kevinjohnsonmbe]

That sort of makes the point re: Insurance cover

 

 

No it doesn't. It makes the point that the person that incurred the damages charge was careless / incompetent.

 

Open question:

 

Does insuring yourself against liability lead to recklessness or does the absence of insurance increase carefulness and diligence?

 

If you have insurance and are reckless they won't pay anyway.