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  1. AardvarkTreeServices
    If your planning on providing training, have taken on employers liabilty insurance and are reveiwing RAMS, thise sound very much like the actions of an employer. If your going to Accountax for contract guidance you'd probably be wiser getting the lads to fund their own training and compile their own RAMS.
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    Theres a shear pin coupling on the topper we have which has shear bolt on one side of the coupling. If the bolt shears the drive from the tractir carries on spinning but theres no drive to the topper. The coupling is held on the shaft by a roll pin. If yours is the same you'd need to knock out the roll pin and then knock the drive shaft out of the coupling.
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    Exactly. If you dont give a flying frog then thats fine so long as you maintain that approach when handing over all the tax and NI you should have collected as an employer.
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    Contracts and reality need to reflect a self employed relationship so getting your contracts written correctly AND working to them is important.
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    No mention of subbies in your original post so I only commented on what you'd written!!
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    The "75%" and written contracts are probably meaningless as you've put your cards on the table by calling them employees.
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    Dont employ anyone as its a pain in the rrrs. Build good relationships with your self employed team, pay them fairly and show them respect and you'll have a winning setup. Just get your self employed contracts sorted properly!
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    Another good reason to fully understand the differences between employment and self employment and make sure that both parties to a working arrangement are clear on what the arrangement means.
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    Only you and your workers know the full relationship, but if wont accept a substitute and have a fair degree of control over how, where an when the work is done, then your 'self employed' guys are sounding more like employees. As their employer you could find yourself in deep water if the revenue challenged you.
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    Anyone can pass or fail the tests, but it all depends on the relationship between the client and the worker and whether the two parties want the relationship to be that of employment or self employment. If the client TELLS a groundy to be at a site at a set time, do the job in a particular way, do the job himself and turn up at the yard on an on going basis, then clearly thats employment. If the client ASKS the groundy to support a climber and clear up a job for a few days but is left to sort it out himself, then thats likely to be self employment even though the groundy may be using the clients saws and chipper. In this case the client has no control, or right if control over how the job is run, the groundy could send a substitute(with equal skills) and the work is just for the specific job.
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    Self employment is defined in law but the principle tests are in post 10. The revenues take is marketing bull and NOT supported in case law!!
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    The origins are in case law but explained during a seminar run by an outfit called Accountax. Its also covered in lots of other arenas concerning IR35 and tax status cases.
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    You can work for one company for as long as you want and be self employed!! What is important is the relationship you have with the company. There are 3 tests for self employment which are control, substitution and mutuality of obligation! You have to control how the work is done, not the company you work for. If you control how the work is done that is a strong indicator of self employment. If you dont have to do the work yourself and can send someone else to do it then that is an absolute indicator of self employment. If the company you are working for isnt obliged to offer you continuous work, or you are not obliged to accept any work offered, then that is another good indicator of self employment. You can ignore the bull on the HMRC web site as that is there to get you into employment which brings in more tax and NI
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    Interesting. Just about to top up the wood shed and theres some lime to go in too. Fortunately it wont see more than 2 years in the shed.
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    Whats over seasoning?
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    If you are just casual cross cutting on the ground get an undamaged secondhand pair off ebay.
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    The places I've been will loan/rent all the PPE you need. If your budget is limited, spend your money on training and ear defenders first with remaining PPE a close second.
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    Personally I'd put decent training at the top of your list. Apart from ear defenders all the other PPE is to protect you against mistake so you're best having the training to minimise/eliminate mistakes. Get the PPE by all means but the training is the real life saver.
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    But it wasnt his misfortune as he ignored the problem? You put yourself out and took a bit of a risk to help him out so dont sell yourself short!
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    I would stall the purchase until you understand the SSSI. Theres a site on an MTB route I use and after strong winds there were a few broken branches on the floor. Talking to a neighbour of the site and he said that the wood couldnt even be moved without permission!! Definitely worth checking out any restrictions your site may have before you buy
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    If you're thinking of getting a mortgage then wont you want this £20k for whatever you're buying? Theres no point in getting into most of the investments suggested if you need the money in the next year or so.
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    Phil Dunford is a great guy and a very competant trainer. Worth the trek for you out to Clocaenog. There was a lad on the first course I did who was travelling from Birkenhead each day without a problem.
  23. AardvarkTreeServices
    Unless your burning kiln dried wood straight from the kiln, theres always moisture in the wood so there will be steam going up your chimney which will condense in a cold chimney. Theres also vapours from the resin in the wood which will condense as tar. Any condensed water can mix with sulphur in the flue gas and form sulphuric acid which will eat at the brick work over time. A build up of tar and soot can lead to a chimney fire. insulated flues stop all of the above by keeping the water and tar as gasses until they exit the flue, where they condense and drift onto your neighbours patch:confused1:
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    Bar the surface rust on the tin work, thats a nice original looking 880 you've got there. Done well to keep it like that.
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    As I understand it working as a tree surgeon is primarily selling labour and theres little VAT to be reclaimed and all quotes have to have 20% VAT added. If your mainly dealing in logs then can claim 20% VAT back on bought in logs and only have to charge 5% on logs sold for domestic heating. The OP is working as tree surgeon with the logs as a sideline so it seems to me that if most of his tree work is domestic, then he shoukdnt register for VAT unless turnover is over he threshold of £70k ish???

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