Freelancers Forum Messages on Tuesday October 30th 2007
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 23:09
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:56:19PM -0000, Dawn Thomson wrote:
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> What are you talking about? IR35 came about to bridge the gap in tax loop
> holes, and targetted in particular IT contractors who e...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 22:45
Thanks for all the advice and info...not really sure if i understand
much of it as im really a designer and artist than an admin guy.
My earnings are no where near 100k. I dont think my charges per...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 22:07
What are you talking about? IR35 came about to bridge the gap in tax loop
holes, and targetted in particular IT contractors who exploited it e.g.,
having an office at home and your spouse as a comp...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 21:58
Well, the PCG seems to have quite a good record in defending againt the
IR lol I believe, they have still only lost 4 or 5 cases and won well
over a thousand :)
AND, IR35 wasn't about stopping tax...
Re: FN-FORUM: Succesful ways to advertise - that don't cost much!
date posted 30th October 2007 21:49
On Tuesday 30 October 2007 21:34:03 Robert Hempsall wrote:
> Oh chuffin arse =96 at first I thought I was being got at, now I see
> what you mean (about the big white space I mean).=20
The way it ren...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 21:38
I might be one of those IR people you hear about and watching you ! Best to
heed the advice...take it or leave it...
We can all be victims - IR, being a government organisation has infinite
resour...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 21:25
Bit unnecessary isn't it Dawn? Unless I missed something, he was only
asking for advice - which is what the forum is about no?
Let's be nice to each other and let the IR be the nasty ones :)
Dawn...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 20:56
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 09:34:43PM -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> Alain Williams:-
> - How many people run office 2007 ? Most don't so you will be
> - producing something that most people cannot...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 20:55
Accountants ensure your employment status is clear and handle all of your
tax issues - whether corporation, self-assessment, annual accounts, VAT,
expense claims etc. and can act on your behalf with...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 20:49
I thank you - just don't rely on me to do any sums for you :)
Well, I ran out of digits to count when I reached 21 ;)
Mike A wrote:
> Dominic's feedback is well worth taking as the safe course.
>
>...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 20:46
Alain Williams:-
- How many people run office 2007 ? Most don't so you will be
- producing something that most people cannot read.
You don't need Office 2007, converters are available for older vers...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 20:37
Adam Reynolds wrote:
> Installing excel on a server allows you to get at the COM
> object and do stuff directly using api calls. This can be
> used quite successfully.
One of my previous roles was...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 20:29
Dominic's feedback is well worth taking as the safe course.
As for those that are in disagreement with my feedback: all I can say is
I've handled many tax tribunals for clients - it's all about the...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 20:23
Whoops, make that 920 + vat (blushes at the fact he can't add 720 an 200) :)
Dominic Raywood wrote:
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> Well guys; I may be able to offer some first hand experience here. I
> have a ltd company an...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 20:18
Well, if its free, you may want to find out by yourself :-)
Richard Fletcher wrote:
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> Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
>> Far too much IMO when great free business networks like www.LinkedIn.com
>> ex...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 20:10
Well guys; I may be able to offer some first hand experience here. I
have a ltd company and mainly work with large companies either
contracting direct, or via an agency (spit).
I don;t know how mu...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 19:49
Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
> Far too much IMO when great free business networks like www.LinkedIn.com
> exist, of which I'm also a member.
Do you get much benefit from being a member of Linked In?...
Re: FN-FORUM: Succesful ways to advertise - that don't cost much!
date posted 30th October 2007 19:45
Oh chuffin arse =96 at first I thought I was being got at, now I see =20
what you mean (about the big white space I mean). Looks like that's =20
me picking through code I don't understand, again!
Tha...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 19:38
Thanks, but I don't think so. As my own accountant said: No point talking
to someone at the IR, as most people you will encounter may only have been
on the job two weeks. I was advised to complete...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 19:36
Mike A wrote:
> If
> the Revenue accept a contract as legitimate, of the enquirer acts upon
> Revenue feedback, he will be okay. Most of all though, he will have peace of
> mind.
I'm sorry but thi...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 19:30
Dawn,
No, regrettably. That is not the case. The poster could have the finest
worded contract, written by the best lawyers on the subject. That would not
stop the tax man first estimating tax due,...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 19:18
Through a properly worded contract, you can ensure not violating IR35. For
IR35 compliance, you merely need to:
a) Pay your own expenses
b) Define your own working hours; employees are typically, wo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 19:09
Thats what the guys at people4business told me. They would basically be
resonsible for any unpaid tax payments linked to the contract I was on
through them.
I think i may give the Inland Revenue a...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 18:48
Not true. You are responsible for paying your own tax. To say another
company is responsible for anothers tax is unfounded. The only problem could
be if they payed someone to do some work and then di...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 18:45
FUD. You can't opt out of IR35 and the opt out (probably) has no effect
on your IR35 status. It is opting out of the protection of the
employment agency regulations. If you have already met the client...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 18:39
Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
> Ecademy.com was good for a while, then they got greedy!
>
> They originally charged £25/yr for their cheapest "GreenStar membership"
> option (the free option places...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 18:27
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 06:46:29PM -0000, Phillip Healey wrote:
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> I can't see how this is at all true. If it were, then it would effectively
> rule out any self-employed person from ever doing any...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 18:13
It depends on your circumstances and those of the agency. If what you do is
a tax avoidance scheme then whatever you do is not going to be in your
favour. This is a question for the Revenue. Call th...
Re: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 18:08
I guess if they want to cover themselves and I need to use them, there
aint no way around it.
Phillip Healey wrote:
> I can't see how this is at all true. If it were, then it would effectively
> r...
RE: FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 17:57
I can't see how this is at all true. If it were, then it would =
effectively
rule out any self-employed person from ever doing any work. With =
actually
knowing 100% the facts, I would suggest that th...
FN-FORUM: Ir35 legislation & opting out ?
date posted 30th October 2007 17:39
Hi guys,
I am currently doing some freelance work via people4business. I am
having to go through a umbrella company because of new legislation
regarding any unpaid tax will be the responsiblity of...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 17:35
Yep, LinkedIn is a good one too, I forgot the most obvious...
Ben Johnson (Neogic) F wrote:
>> Yeah, there are quite a few networking sites out there. The one
>> you're thinking about is probably ww...
Re: FN-FORUM: Succesful ways to advertise - that don't cost much!
date posted 30th October 2007 17:24
On Tuesday 30 October 2007 18:27:04 Colin Rainsforth wrote:
> For example, your signage system for Charing Cross looks great and
> outlines an 'outside the box' approach.
Oh, the irony.
I thought...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bug tracking / help desk
date posted 30th October 2007 17:01
Quoting Alain Williams [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 02:13:51PM -0000, Richard Fletcher wrote:
>>
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'm after a bug tracking program which can check mailboxes for replies...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:53
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 05:29:11PM -0000, [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> I'd go with the XML solution too rather any of the third party (ie non-ms)
> components.
How many people run office 2007 ? Most d...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:50
[EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> I'd go with the XML solution too rather any of the third party (ie non-ms)
> components.
>
> Running Excel on the server is asking for trouble, apart from anything else,
> i...
Re: FN-FORUM: Prosperity4 in administration
date posted 30th October 2007 16:46
On 30 Oct 2007 14:34:25 -0000, Alex Townsend [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
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> All,
>
> I've just received an email from a company called Tarpon (
> http://www.tarpon-uk.com/index.aspx ) which appears to...
RE: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 16:43
> Yeah, there are quite a few networking sites out there. The one=20
> you're thinking about is probably www.ecademy.com, also=20
> www.nb2bc.co.uk is another option. I haven't needed these=20
> servi...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:40
I'd go with the XML solution too rather any of the third party (ie non-ms)
components.
Running Excel on the server is asking for trouble, apart from anything else,
its a client application and was ne...
Re: FN-FORUM: Succesful ways to advertise - that don't cost much!
date posted 30th October 2007 16:38
Hi Robert,
>On 29 Oct 2007, at 16:36, Colin Rainsforth wrote:
>>Who is your target market? Do you work for design companies? Or
>>direct for those businesses which have these information
>>requirem...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:36
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 05:19:56PM -0000, Ben Johnson F wrote:
>
> > The typical way I've seen this done is to generate CSV rather than XLS,
> > as this is easy to generate from any scripting langua...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:33
> Have you look at the spec ? A 6,000 page PDF that is: incomplete; refers
> to
> other things that are not specified; self-contradictory; ...
> I have read about people trying to do it -- and havin...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:31
> The typical way I've seen this done is to generate CSV rather than =
XLS,=20
> as this is easy to generate from any scripting language and is much=20
> less of a resource hog than instantiating Offi...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:27
Alain Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:34:10PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
>>> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
>>> separate work sheets usi...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 16:19
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 04:34:10PM -0000, Anthony Cartmell wrote:
>
> >I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
> >separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little abo...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bug tracking / help desk
date posted 30th October 2007 16:09
Alain Williams wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 02:13:51PM -0000, Richard Fletcher wrote:
>> Hi all.
>>
>> I'm after a bug tracking program which can check mailboxes for replies
>> to threads, unders...
Re: FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 15:56
Yeah, there are quite a few networking sites out there. The one you're
thinking about is probably www.ecademy.com, also www.nb2bc.co.uk is
another option. I haven't needed these services for a while...
RE: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 15:56
Terry wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets
> with separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little about using
> COM, but wondered if there was a way without...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 15:50
On Tue, 2007-10-30 at 11:10 +0000, Terry O'Leary wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
> separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little about...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 15:45
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
> separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little about using COM,
> but wondered if there was a way without having office (...
Re: FN-FORUM: Prosperity4 in administration
date posted 30th October 2007 15:42
Hi
Yes you missed it, that was about 4 months ago, and we ran for the hills, and Tarpon have been after us ever since, 'same terms as you had with P4....' but they were lousy lol.
Have a good one
D...
Re: FN-FORUM: Bug tracking / help desk
date posted 30th October 2007 15:37
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 02:13:51PM -0000, Richard Fletcher wrote:
>
> Hi all.
>
> I'm after a bug tracking program which can check mailboxes for replies
> to threads, understands projects in some w...
Re: FN-FORUM: Quark 7 file size
date posted 30th October 2007 15:36
Hi,
We work with both InDesign & Quark and of course the size between =20
both you may have noticed is considerably different.
We regularly produce 100 page publications and the Quark files have =20...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 15:32
On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 11:08:52AM -0000, Terry O'Leary wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
> separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a lit...
Re: FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 15:29
Using PEAR package Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer is pretty straight forward
http://pear.php.net/package/Spreadsheet_Excel_Writer
Terry O'Leary wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I was wondering if anyone knew of a way...
FN-FORUM: Prosperity4 in administration
date posted 30th October 2007 13:44
All,
I've just received an email from a company called Tarpon (
http://www.tarpon-uk.com/index.aspx ) which appears to have taken over
from the Prosperity4 umbrella company.
Apparently, Pr...
FN-FORUM: Bug tracking / help desk
date posted 30th October 2007 13:24
Hi all.
I'm after a bug tracking program which can check mailboxes for replies
to threads, understands projects in some way to differentiate between
different customers and can perhaps be used by c...
FN-FORUM: Quark 7 file size
date posted 30th October 2007 13:14
Hi
Im producing a brochure, working in Quark 7.2. Its been sometime =20
since I have used quark as mainly I use Indesign but am having to use =20=
quark as we are updating previous artwork.
I am st...
FN-FORUM: Finding business partner
date posted 30th October 2007 12:00
This link was posted recently:
http://companypartners.com/
Does anyone know of similar sites?
I remember seeing ages ago a business networking site where you could
see who was online at the time....
Re: FN-FORUM:Trojan troubles
date posted 30th October 2007 10:33
On 30/10/2007 01:18, Carrie wrote:
>
> Tony Crockford wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 30 Oct 2007, at 00:14, Carrie wrote:
>>
>> well:
>> http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojbhodq.html
>>
>> says it's aka...
FN-FORUM: PHP generate xls
date posted 30th October 2007 10:18
Hi all
I was wondering if anyone knew of a way to generate spread sheets with
separate work sheets using PHP, I've read a little about using COM,
but wondered if there was a way without having office...
Re: FN-FORUM:Trojan troubles
date posted 30th October 2007 06:40
Have you tried using AVG ? It's definitely got information about BHO in
its Virus Database. You can get a free version of AVG at
http://free.grisoft.com/ .
Carrie wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
> thanks for...
Re: FN-FORUM:Trojan troubles
date posted 30th October 2007 00:45
Carrie wrote:
>
> Thanks Dom for your comments, in fact I only ever use IE for testing,
> however my teenaged son has been visiting, and a cursory
> investigation of the tempory internet files he...
Re: FN-FORUM:Trojan troubles
date posted 30th October 2007 00:29
Tony Crockford wrote:
>
>
> On 30 Oct 2007, at 00:14, Carrie wrote:
>
> well:
> http://www.sophos.com/security/analyses/trojbhodq.html
>
> says it's aka
>
> • W32/Trojan.BXJR
> • Win32/BHO.G...
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