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It is my understanding, aslong as your work is not undertaken in the preperation stage of a construction job, you and your work is exempt. But the minute you cut or prine a tree to make way for construction / building work you need to register and deduct cis from your subbies
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Wad the baptis church the CLIENT/EMPLOYER/OWNER or MAIN CONTRACTOR? Makes a difference -mrs miggins owns a house or commercial property -AJ contracors are brought in to build an extension -TT Tree works are brought in to cut down trees for the build mrs miggins is not involved in cis, AJ & TT are
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Well subbing in to subbing in is the rub, im sure it should apply there but its a long way down the chain for hmrc to chase. Lots of firms try to avoid cis, so yes there are lots of firms that if you work for them they wont dock cis, but if they get caught its big fines, but that is their outlook. like i said, plenty of small boys out there doing landscaping that sub tree work out, should be cis, but in reality they will blag it as long as possible as registering as a contractor is ball ache as theyll have to deal with docking you money and getting it to hmrc balls to the wind till they get caught
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Basically if your work is linked to the construction industry, expect CIS to apply. clearing trees for a new build cutting back branches for tarmacing stump grinding for a new driveway pruning back a tree for building work cis applys
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Cis is something that we should all be aware of. You can register as a contractor or sub contractor. If you work FOR a company doing construction they will take cis money from you. If YOU are doing construction and engage a subby YOU should register as a contractor and deduct cis money from your subbys. Its not optional either, it is a law. its a much overlooked law, but it is as powerfull as PAYE and self assessment. Stricktly speaking if you dabble into fencing or paving to fill dead time and you employ casual labour, you should reguster for cis as a contractor and dock you casual labour for cis money
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Yes, the main contractor will give the money they take from you to hmrc. Basically they take your real money, give you paper money back, so you can use paper money to pay your tax! If you are not reg for cis they will take 30%, if you do register they will still take 20%, the only way to stop it is to register as gross, but there are cis turnover criteria to meet for gross so if you only do a few jobs a year subjected to cis you prob wont meet the criteria for gross. If you just put in a £10k invoice for "tree work" they will take £3k cis money from you. if you put in a £10k invoice with £1k waste, £4k plant hire ( you chipper) and £5k labour they would only take £1500 cis money. just dont take the cronic piss or it will get rejected, or investigated by hmrc £9900 waste and £100 labour will not pass
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They can take it from you if your not cis registered, they will take 30% if you arnt registered, they should give you a cis statement that you can use towards your tax bill. Look at it as you have £1600 saved towards your tax bill. They can only take it on the labour element of your invoice though! So invoice labour, waste and " plant hire" seperatly as the waste and plant hire are cis exempt
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Hi guys, im sorry if this has been asked before! Does anyone know of any firm that sharpens stump grinder teeth, we get through thousands of new ones!
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Hi, weve still got 2 final places if anyone is interested
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3 places left!
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Is there anywhere in the uk that does this? weve got about 1000 and the pile just gets bigger so would be nice if they could be sharpened! ta
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4 places left
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Hi Guys n Gals, We have a ROLO course running on 27th March , if anyone would like to join us please PM me. Running in Dartford,Kent. £100 plus vat per person Thanks!
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Best place to get CRB checks from.
ChunksBigBro replied to MAPLE LEAF's topic in Business Management
Heffernan.... the DBS you refer to is a basic DBS, 99% of schools and LA insist on Enhanced DBS of which you are not allowed to apply for yourself and goes through and umbrella company -
PFI is done, its fucked, theyve killed everyone, now just spend their time under cutting each other, all making a loss, not paying their subbies their dues
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I feel for those that will made redundant, but its time for the big loss making, contract sucking, faceless, SME killing big 5 to fall. They all started 10 - 15 years ago, systematically bought out the competion and closed them down, not good ethics.
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Chapter 8 course signs/traffic management
ChunksBigBro replied to James Atkinson's topic in General chat
Depends on which type of road as there are 2 routes to this. If you want to work on a Highways agency owned road you need to do lantra sector scheme, if its local authority its streetworks course ( many A roads are HA even though youd assume they would be LA) -
Hi, we have current job vacancies for both experienced and trainee / government apprentice scheme for Grounds Maintenance Operatives, Highways Vegetation Management Operatives and Hard Landscapers / Play Equipment Installers. Please follow the below link to apply via Indeed ! https://www.indeed.co.uk/m/viewjob?jk=b4eee0ffce966f22&from=serp&prevUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indeed.co.uk%2Fm%2Fjobs%3Fq%3DLandscape%2Boperative%26l%3DErith%2C%2BGreater%2BLondon%26from%3Dhome%2Cwhereauto
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Also this thread smacks of " trip advisor syndrome" lots of slagging off of non OEM but is that only 1 side of the story? Any one had OEM blades break up or non OEM blades that have been good for years even through brutal abuse?
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There has been a lot of talk about non OEM blades damaging a machine if they break, and the machine manf saying tough luck mate. But in reality ( devils advocate here) would the manf really help if OEM blades broke and messed up your machine ir you you get the usual " insurance company avoidance excuses" lack of maintenance, not torqued correctly, dirty material, we found a pebble in the housing, untrained user, blades not sharpend by a approved dealer, machine not serviced in hours, machine not serviced by a Approved dealer....just a thought
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Hi, Were an artificial grass installer, you are correct in that it can be patched, howver the ptach always notices as the old grass is squashed / bent/ flattended so a patch looks crap.....now as someone who buggers up your own lawn you might live with that for a quick cheap repair, but if someone else buggers up your grass i guess the " why should i live with a shitty repair in my lawn when its not my fault" mentality kicks in Plus to ptach you need to match supplier and style of grass
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MEWPS in the road are classed as a crane, so they are more than likely meaning a crane in the highway licence. Even if you have a Traffic management permit for the road space, u still need a crane permit / licence to put it in the road, its to do with spot loading the highway and damaging the surface / buried utilities
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Tracked Chipper needed in Deal, Kent
ChunksBigBro replied to Richard_Forester's topic in Large equipment
Only just seen this, Barge Groups plant hire division do tracked chippers in Kent for fture reference Home | Barge Plant Hire Nice machines too! -
Hi, as a highways op i would offer 1 piece of advice, 1 m strips at the side of houses on estates like this are sometimes called a "service strip" and are exactally that, all of the utilities run through there. It is classed a highways land, not council land, so u should check with the highways dept of your council, we have been instructed to remove fences and walls residents have built on this land (like you wish to) as its highways land. Of course this may not be the case at all, but beware. If u mess with highways land and they dont like it they will issue prohibition notices and charge you to put it back to spec.
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I think you handled the situation all wrong, if he was close enough to film your conversations, he was close enough to grab his phone and throw ot through the chipper :thumbup:
