VAT increase

[(RIP) PLANK]

I had a letter from 3 about my dongle apparently due to the vat increase it's rising fomr £7.50 to £8 a month, i don't know who does their maths

[briggie]

Originally Posted by solarman216

Nothing better said, screw the system, I do, Rick, oh and for those interested the back today is a lot lot better, Rick

glad to hear your back is better .... off for a jog now rick ?

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by briggie

glad to hear your back is better .... off for a jog now rick ?

not quite but not far away I am pleased to say, how much easier it is to think without pain, Rick

[harlowmaverick]

hope that back is fully better soon Rick

[briggie]

Originally Posted by solarman216

not quite but not far away I am pleased to say, how much easier it is to think without pain, Rick

i wish i could think .... ive got a lipid test tomorrow morning and wasnt supposed to have anything to eat or drink ( except water ) after 10pm .... ive just had a cuppa coffee and half a dozen ginger nuts .... do you think they will notice ?

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by harlowmaverick

hope that back is fully better soon Rick

Since our chat this morning it has been a day of ups and downs, but at the end of the day more ups than down, feeling really good now, so see what tomorrow brings, Rick

[solarman216]

Originally Posted by briggie

i wish i could think .... ive got a lipid test tomorrow morning and wasnt supposed to have anything to eat or drink ( except water ) after 10pm .... ive just had a cuppa coffee and half a dozen ginger nuts .... do you think they will notice ?

no cors they wont, Rick

[MudLifeCrisis]

Originally Posted by briggie

half a dozen ginger nuts .... do you think they will notice ?

They'll definately notice them.





Best keep your trousers on ;O)

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by makeitfit

I took a few tastey deposits before crimbo
That's Jan and some of Feb sorted
Invoice book still open at er an earlier date too
Any one else need a pre vat increase kitchen ?

Think it will have to be cos its only your deposits that will attract the old rate, remaining payment has to be at the new rate

And you can bet your bottom dollar that if they drop an inspection on you they will be looking at dates of payment, not just invoice dates.

But just to help, I'll link this thread to HMRC for you, to save you the trouble

But it highlights the problem for VAT registered traders, that the VAT increase usually hits them rather than anyone else (cos they either charge it and become uncompetitive, or, like the bishops girlfriend, just swallow it...) . Since starting this shop mullarkey and knowing the cost of landed goods from, say, China, I am absolutely stunned at the margins some companies, mostly the middlemen, are making....out of the factory, things cost peanuts....by the time they get to the retailer they are coconuts!

Planning to cut the out as soon as cash flow permits! Greedy ba5tard5!

[Peasgood]

Originally Posted by briggie

and what services /etc can we expect from the government for our extra expenditure ? ..... more hospitals perhaps .... better roads ? ..... more police ? ......

It is to try and help pay for what we have had, not what we will have.

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Peasgood

It is to try and help pay for what we have had, not what we will have.

Spot on!

[Karinofnine]

But I'm not paying for what I'VE had, I'm paying for what politicians, bankers and the welfare state have had!

+1 for Briggie's plan, and, to add a few more:

If you're in prison you work on a chaingang (with armed guards like in America), you pick up litter/clean buildings and generally do useful physical work.

If you're an asylum seeker who has been granted asylum and you break the law, back home you go, you can serve your sentence in your own country, not at the cost of the UK taxpayer. Worried you're going to be tortured or killed? You should have thought of that before you took the pi55 and broke our laws.

[Karinofnine]

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/b...-201101043390/

Sorry, don't know how to add it as a link.

Oh! Yes, I do! lol

[lacroupade]

Originally Posted by Karinofnine

But I'm not paying for what I'VE had, I'm paying for what politicians, bankers and the welfare state have had!

+1 for Briggie's plan, and, to add a few more:

If you're in prison you work on a chaingang (with armed guards like in America), you pick up litter/clean buildings and generally do useful physical work.

If you're an asylum seeker who has been granted asylum and you break the law, back home you go, you can serve your sentence in your own country, not at the cost of the UK taxpayer. Worried you're going to be tortured or killed? You should have thought of that before you took the pi55 and broke our laws.

The money that has bailed the banks out will all come back...it did with NR.

What we HAVE been having is a bloated public sector (from civil service to local government) that has been seriously mismanaged by both political parties, allowing for out-of-control expenditure on outdated weapons and foreign (and UK!) service providers charging over-inflated prices, and commitment to contracts that end up costing the taxpayer billions for very little perceived value. And lets not start on their cosy final salary pensions that swallow up 20% of my council tax for example JUST for the woolly jumpers in the town hall

As a country we need to recognise that we are a relative sprat globally, stop kissing the US's arse and generally wind our necks in and worry about whats going on at home for a change instead of spending BILLIONS of pounds on wars that do not otherwise have anything to do with us.

[makeitfit]

Originally Posted by lacroupade

Think it will have to be cos its only your deposits that will attract the old rate, remaining payment has to be at the new rate

And you can bet your bottom dollar that if they drop an inspection on you they will be looking at dates of payment, not just invoice dates.

But just to help, I'll link this thread to HMRC for you, to save you the trouble

But it highlights the problem for VAT registered traders, that the VAT increase usually hits them rather than anyone else (cos they either charge it and become uncompetitive, or, like the bishops girlfriend, just swallow it...) . Since starting this shop mullarkey and knowing the cost of landed goods from, say, China, I am absolutely stunned at the margins some companies, mostly the middlemen, are making....out of the factory, things cost peanuts....by the time they get to the retailer they are coconuts!

Planning to cut the out as soon as cash flow permits! Greedy ba5tard5!

Ah , but, look you by 'ere butt.....
Deposit taken on "account", so they become effectively account customers. The "sale" (contract) made on x date stands
Even the deposit isn't really date sensitive if the Invoice is the contract on account, if you see what I mean