A 報告(する)/憶測 by the 国家の Audit Office (NAO) 設立する that taxpayers spent 7 million hours - 同等(の) to 798 years - waiting to speak with HMRC in the 2022-23 税金 year, up from 3.2million hours in 2019-20. The 普通の/平均(する) waiting time 増加するd from 11:24 minutes to 13:48 minutes over the same period, によれば the public spending 監視者. And the 状況/情勢 appears to be より悪くするing, as the NAO 設立する that the 普通の/平均(する) wait time in the first 11 months of 2023-24 had reached 23 minutes.
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崩壊(する)d bungalow 会社/堅い 王室の Life 借りがあるd me £4,500 for 絵 and decorating work: Will I ever get paid?
I'm a painter and decorator and in the spring and summer of 2023, I did some work for 王室の Life, a holiday home company. I was paid in part, but am still 借りがあるd £4,500. すぐに after my work finished, the company went into 行政. I spoke to the 行政官/管理者s but they said I didn't have a (人命などを)奪う,主張する because I invoiced for my work before the company went into 行政. Is there any way I can still get my money? I'm 特に annoyed because the company's former director, Robert Bull, seems to still be living the high life even though he was 宣言するd 破産者/倒産した.
付加価値税 threshold raised to £90,000 in the 予算 but small 商売/仕事s call for more support
The threshold at which 商売/仕事s have to 登録(する) for 付加価値税 has been raised to £90,000, as part of a 一括 of 対策 発表するd in the 予算. The 現在の threshold of £85,000 has 直面するd 批評 for putting unnecessary 圧力 and 官僚主義 on small 商売/仕事s. So how have 商売/仕事 leaders 反応するd to the uplift in the 付加価値税 threshold and does it go far enough?
HMRC to 延長する Making 税金 数字表示式の to 1m landlords and 単独の 仲買人s… and 専門家 警告するs it will 原因(となる) その上の 延期するs
MTD for Income 税金 Self 査定/評価 (Itsa) is 始める,決める to 取って代わる the 現在の system, so landlords and the self-雇うd will need to 服従させる/提出する 声明s 年4回の too. Today HMRC 確認するd that all 商売/仕事s and landlords 収入 over £50,000 will have to join MTD for Itsa from April 2026. This threshold will then 落ちる to £30,000 the に引き続いて April.
Bank of Dave's Dave Fishwick has six tips for 開始する,打ち上げるing your own 商売/仕事:?'The best time to start is now'
This Is Money's 商売/仕事 doctor Dave Fishwick, who 始める,決める up the Bank of Dave, 株 his seven tips for people considering starting their own 商売/仕事. Dave made his fortune selling 先頭s and minibuses before setting up Burnley 貯金 and 貸付金s - さもなければ known as the Bank of Dave - to help those struggling to borrow from the high street with his no-nonsense lending model.
The 商売/仕事 Bank of Mum and Dad! A FIFTH of small 会社/堅い owners turn to parents for help with start-up costs
The Bank of Mum and Dad has long 供給するd young 買い手s with a helping 手渡す to get on the 所有物/資産/財産 ladder. But now it seems the 'bank' is 支店ing out into 商売/仕事 貸付金s, as entrepreneurs ますます turn to their parents for help. New 研究 by wealth 経営者/支配人 Charles Stanley 明らかにする/漏らすs a fifth of UK startups are 最初 基金d by 相続物件, and a その上の 19% by cash from parents.
HMRC 延期するs must be 直す/買収する,八百長をするd or we will lose entrepreneurs, says ANGHARAD CARRICK and it must 抑制(する) the chatbots!
This is a 堅い time for small 商売/仕事s. Energy 法案 support has been 悲惨な, 商売/仕事 率s are through the roof and the 歓待 産業 is crying out for support. There have been calls for the 政府 to step in and 直す/買収する,八百長をする all of these things. But if the 総理大臣 was really serious about supporting 商売/仕事, he would first sort out the mess at HM 歳入 & Customs.
HMRC sent me a shock 税金 法案 of £38,000 and would only を取り引きする my 事例/患者 by 地位,任命する - after it の近くにd its helpline for three months
David was sent a 税金 法案 for over £38,000 from HMRC and had difficulty trying to get through to anyone in the 税金 office. The sorry saga left him with 'かなりの 強調する/ストレス and worry'. After the 初期の shock of receiving the 法案, David tried to 接触する HMRC only to discover the phone line was の近くにd. It (機の)カム just a month after HMRC's self-査定/評価 helpline の近くにd for three months as part of a 操縦する for a 'seasonal' model.
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