forestboy1978

Why don't you do what everyone else does and get it tested for MOT and fixed at the same time and then passed?

My accountant told me that if I was to run 2 businesses from my 1 address, even if 1 was a partnership with someone else and the other a limited company in my name it could get tricky proving against artificial separation if it came down to court. You might win if the businesses are completely different but you have to have 2 offices, 2 phone lines, 2 computers, 2 different vehicles etcetera etcetera. There can be zero cross over or you will risk having to combine the 2 for VAT purposes. Don't quote me on this but it still might be worth chancing as, as I understand it VAT can't be backdated so if you did get found out you'd only have to start VATing both businesses from that point onwards. NOT 100% on that though. Regardless, I found another way.

Yep, we're on exactly the same page. I charge what I charge to stick it out to the bitter end and do it properly cutting no corners.

Mick is absolutely right. It's called artificial separation and it's a government scam if you ask me in a lot of circumstances. For example I have another business which is 1000% different to my fencing business. Couldn't be more different if you wanted it to be and I had to set it up in Hongkong officially avoid both businesses VAT registering. My fiancée is a pharmacist and she wants to make soaps and things like that on the side. This also will contribute towards VAT, even if the business is hers, in her name and is entirely different in every way.

Well Khriss you are absolutely right. Last week a guy got back to me and said mate, I know you'll do a good job and I wanted you to be the cheapest but you weren't. Can you adjust the price? I said dude, I also got a good vibe and that's why I'm bothering to take the time to explain to you that I just don't need to negotiate prices, so why would I rationally even contemplate it? He said fair play mate. I say the exact same thing in my business. Job's yours.

No mate. Not really. The same as I don't mean literally it's raining cats and dogs when I say it's literally raining cats and dogs. It's the usage of a word for emphasis. I've noticed you don't have the greatest grasp of language's nuances...

Yeah I do say no. I did also still get a job last week. 3rd negotiation in a row though and I just can't be bothered with the email time. Cut in profits and 95% of my work is domestic customers who don't get the VAT back. Margins are pretty tight. I win 90% of quotes in summer and 70% in winter. That dropped to about 60% when I was VAT registered and I earnt a lot less, especially if a job went behind schedule.

Hi guys, Just wondering what your views are on people negotiating the price of quotes? I basically just don't need the work cos I stay under the VAT threshold each year so can only turn over 85k per year. Due to fencing materials this is easily breached so I tend to do about 40 weeks per year roughly to achieve this. I take on guys as and when I need them, basically as little as possible and turn down all work outside of 4 miles away or that I don't like the look of or don't get a good feel for the customer. Obviously my position is quite fortunate also in that I get enough work to work 7 days per week all year if that was possible. I get a lot of customers saying things like.. "I liked your approach but I was quoted x amount. Will you consider knocking £200 of the price" Frankly this offends me cos we're often talking about knocking 200 off a 1500 job which is a huge cut in profit when the expenses are say 750 and I know my industry pretty much inside out so I know the absolute cheapest a job can be done for soooo. To me this translates as.... "I know you're almost guaranteed to do a stellar job cos you have excellent reviews and portfolio and installation guarantee etc etc but Billy Bob who isn't paying tax or is throwing the waste in the forest is £250 cheaper and I pretty much know his game so I want you but I don't want to pay for you" Anyway.....rant over, what are your thoughts?

Yeah it's gotten ridiculous. I mean I love it when Chris Rock parody's white guys. I don't find it offensive at all. Why? Cos it's bloody funny.

Brass Eye was quality. OMG, you would be imprisoned for life for doing comedy like that now OH!!! MY!!! GOD!!!!

It's actually Einstein's quote of a definition of insanity and it seems logical to me. Anyway, good post.

Just not getting it are you Rough Hewn... The odds of being raped twice on the same day, in 2 separate locations, by 2 unconnected males are ultra ultra low, bordering on infinitesimally low... That is unless of course it is written in scripture, then suddenly the odds become quite reasonable.

He or she should damn well be concerned, see a problem, and be helping to find solutions. He or she would be given tremendous support I don't doubt. If the Rotheram police cared less about offending people then 100s of children might not have been raped. Imagine this happened but the perpetrators were white and followed a religion that said it was OK to take non religious devotees as sex slaves in its tenets - I think we'd be naming that religion - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/jul/30/man-charged-after-girl-raped-twice-in-one-night-in-birmingham A girl gets raped by an "Asian" man and then runs for help, only to be raped again by an "Asian" taxi driver. Now put it in the context that the Quran dictates quite clearly that non Muslims can be taken as sex slaves. Houston we have a ****ing problem. Peoples feelings will have to take a back seat...

Bombing in Sweden is now an almost daily occurrence though you wont hear of it on MSM. Simple solution to the immigration problem is let them come but any welfare they claim must be paid back. Immigration will drastically reduce! I think massive welfare cuts across the board for the able bodied would generally be beneficial.

Centrist actually. And I don't recall telling anyone else where they are going wrong. I'm actually a classical liberal. Back before the word was completely bastardised.

I was a screw up for the first 30 years and didn't work hard enough.

I do apologise. I thought you were being snide.

It's dipped and now staying roughly stable. VISA also shut down pre paid debit cards in many areas making it difficult to use as currency. If it stays stable or doesn't drop too much more over the next month then I may invest myself.

If that was meant to be funny it was a massive fail. If it was meant as a dig it was also a fail. What I'm saying is being white didn't help me at a dark time in my life. Unless I die in the next 10 years I'll probably be an asset millionaire. Being white didn't help that either.

Yup. Pretty sick of it being impossible to be racist to whites in the political sphere. I'd love to know how to find my white privilege. No where to be found when me and my dog where eating porridge with water and rice with ground oxo cubes sleeping on a damp futon whilst recovering from a broken spine. Where was my white privilege then??

Yep, not much benefit in being self employed if you can't dictate your hours. DPD are shit also. If a package is ever late it's always DPD The trouble have here is both parties wont all the benefits and it can't work. Contractor wants regular, reliable work and is guaranteed it. DPD wants a regular and reliable contractor and wants it guaranteed. They should set up a system where you book your time off for the year at the beginning of the year. You can have whatever time you want off, as much as you want but you book it and that's it unless there is an emergency. If you don't turn up or get someone to cover without a damn good reason, you don't get employed for 6 months or something along those lines.

Oh, maybe it is that bad....

Initially I thought it was outrageous and was all ready to start checking couriers of future items purchased and making an effort to boycott DPD. Then reading further it does sound like there is another side to this. It sounds like they fine drivers who just leave them in the shit with no reason to do so rather than they actually just throw fines around. Dunno for sure though but I don't think it's quite as bad as the posing widow would have us beleive.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/transgender-inmates-csc-policy-1.4512510 Trudeau is housing inmates according to their gender ID now.... This is why I think liberalism is a mental dissorder.. holy ***k

How do you know he chose to? Isn't he quite strictly Catholic?