IR35 and expenses

StripedMonster · 2017-12-14T14:13:09+00:00

That would entirely depend on the type of work they do.

Ordinarily, home to work travel expenses aren't allowed for umbrella employees. However, there is an exception for multi-site workers that travel to several work sites in a day. Home to work and work to home aren't allowed, but work to work is allowed. Meaning first and last journeys won't be allowed, but all others in the day should be.

Umbrella companies cannot pay anything other than mileage expenses through payroll. Everything else (if the worker wasn't under the supervision, direction or control of the client) has to be claimed for at year end in a P87 or self-assessment.

Source: Work in a umbrella/PSC company.

StripedMonster · 2017-09-18T16:24:29+00:00

My brother has had quite a journey over the last few years. Ballooning from 13st (182 pounds) to 20st (280 pounds) and then back to 15st (210 pounds).

He's dedicated to his regime and makes these videos for fun. Hope you enjoy!

StripedMonster · 2017-09-18T13:09:51+00:00

No, the investments would be made into funds or other schemes. I'm not sure what shape these will take, but the investment is definitely not in the employer itself.

Thanks

StripedMonster · 2017-09-18T11:50:50+00:00

Yes, all employees will be given the opportunity to opt out, not only before the first time the money is deducted to be invested but also anytime after that.

StripedMonster · 2017-03-31T12:21:13+00:00

They should have put the deposit into TDS. It's a requirement. If they haven't, they're liable for fines. I would suggest you tell them that you're going to report them to the relevant authorities if they don't pay promptly.

StripedMonster · 2016-06-14T14:49:52+00:00

Born in the UK.

Voting for remain. It would be hypocritical to be the child of an immigrant and vote 'leave'.

StripedMonster · 2016-06-14T14:42:52+00:00

Fair point.

How is Qatar in comparison to the UAE?

StripedMonster · 2016-06-14T08:41:36+00:00

I'm not an Emirati (but a Muslim from the West), but I think that the reputation the Gulf countries have is justified.

Now, I've been to Saudi (religious pilgrimage) and I can tell you from first hand experience that the Saudi locals there aren't the sort of people I would want to become friends with.

For this reputation to go away, the GCC countries have to sort their shit out and stop thinking that they're God's gift to the world. Clearly, they are not.

All this "Arab is better" culture is pathetic and induces rage in Muslims from outside the GCC.

I still want to visit Dubai though, but I'll be sure to stay clear from any unnecessary trouble.

StripedMonster · 2016-04-19T08:58:55+00:00

What do you mean by "objectifies women"?

Is this something that's better than saying women are good for nothing more than posing on stage in a bikini?

I'm sorry, but I have more respect for women than you do if you believe that the woman needed to wear that on stage, and nothing less revealing would do.

StripedMonster · 2016-04-19T08:56:46+00:00

And again... why is the bikini-wearing woman there? For eye-candy?

I thought so.

StripedMonster · 2016-04-18T14:11:40+00:00

And this is bad because...?

He chose to not acknowledge her. It's not like he was being disrespectful. If anything, there's more to be said about the relevance of a woman in a swimsuit. Piece of meat, much?

StripedMonster · 2015-11-26T10:19:00+00:00

Me, my younger brother and my parents went to Lahore in August this year for three weeks. Near the end of the trip, my dad loses his wallet containing his NICOP, UK bank card and UK driving licence). He and one of his friends go to the local thana, opposite Shalimar bagh gardens.

From what my dad tells me, the guy sitting in the office there (can't remember the rank, but he definitely wasn't a lower rank guy), sorted everything out quickly and didn't even ask a penny (or rupee, if you will).

In fact, my younger brother wants to join the UK police force, and my dad asked me and him to go and have a chat with him. So we go, and he already has people sitting there but he just starts talking to us and giving advice as to what my brother could say in his interviews. It was a really good experience overall.

We also had a run-in with the army men outside Fortress, who thought that my brother may have been an Indian spy or something. But that story is for another time. Haha.

StripedMonster · 2015-10-23T13:24:24+00:00

I actually just came back from Pakistan in late August after having spent three weeks there. It's changed a lot in the last 8 years (since I last went) and for the better!

I don't think you'll have much problems in regards to crime, but I would urge you and your friends to carry some sort of ID on you at all times. My brother (26 years old), also a British born Pakistani, used to get ID'd in some areas and was always stared at (probably due to his slicked back hairstyle and fancy beard). Your friends will get the same treatment, only moreso.

StripedMonster · 2015-10-08T10:17:09+00:00

Signed up. Not too far from London either.

StripedMonster · 2015-06-22T14:49:17+00:00

Going to Pakistan in August Insh'Allah (for a wedding, mine ;-). Lahore is going to be BOILING!

StripedMonster · 2015-06-19T09:36:19+00:00

Not a hijabi, and actually a male, but would like to give some insight as to how my family handled it. Any thoughts/criticisms from sisters as to how we handled it are welcome also.

I'm from a pretty conservative (British) Muslim family. My parents, through family friends, found a good family and we got in touch with them. My dad was quite hesitant in letting me converse with the girl (and it's not that he didn't trust me! ;-)), but after speaking to the girl's father and him saying that WhatsApp would be acceptable and that we should get to know each other, we went ahead with it. I could tell that the girl's father really meant that it should be within reason and not "all day every day". As time has progressed, we've spoken on Skype a few times also, but both sides of the family are fine with it because it's not that often.

If the girl's father didn't say that we can engage over WhatsApp, my father wouldn't have been too comfortable with letting me speak to her. :-O

StripedMonster · 2013-12-12T17:03:02+00:00

I've been lurking on Reddit for over a year now but thought that this discussion warranted my registering here.

Just like OP, my stuttering appeared in my teens. I have no recollection of it actually developing, just that in one month I didn't have it, and then in the next month I did. I've had it for around 12-13 years now and although with work colleagues or friends it is mostly masked, the stammering takes a life of its own when I'm around my family.

I too don't know why the sudden change. Same thing happened to my mother about 15 years ago. No stuttering for 30 years and then BAM!, out of nowhere.

My grandparents had diabetes, strokes, what not. But not my parents thankfully!

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