Freelancers and declared earnings

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by plodder » Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:45 am

I'm also not at all sympathetic to the self employed people raging on social media about suddenly having to pay tax.

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by badger » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:02 am

plodder wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:44 am
I agree with that, to a certain extent. The flexibility offered by zero-hours contracts cuts both ways, and probably allows employers to pay for more hours per week (in total) than under traditional arrangements. However also agree that it's open to misuse and I feel should only be available if certain criteria apply.
The more I see of it, the more I see it cutting in one direction only, and in a way which is inhumane.

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by badger » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:03 am

plodder wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:45 am
I'm also not at all sympathetic to the self employed people raging on social media about suddenly having to pay tax.
Me neither, but not seen any yet!

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by Gfamily » Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:09 am

I think it's reasonable that companies that move revenue offshore to avoid corporation taxes should not be eligible for unconditional government grants.
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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by individualmember » Fri Mar 27, 2020 12:12 pm

plodder wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2020 9:45 am
I'm also not at all sympathetic to the self employed people raging on social media about suddenly having to pay tax.
The ones I’m not feeling sympathetic towards are the ones moaning that they won’t get anything because they earned just over the 50k cutoff.

[this is basically the position I’m in and it seems to me that it is an appropriate cutoff, we ought to be able to cope for a while]

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by plodder » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:16 pm

Gfamily wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:09 am
I think it's reasonable that companies that move revenue offshore to avoid corporation taxes should not be eligible for unconditional government grants.
That’s a good sentiment but really complicated to assess and enforce, especially when the offshore specialists are also the ones with the best “don’t need shops” offering. We kinda need amazon right now.

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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by Gfamily » Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:49 pm

plodder wrote:
Sat Mar 28, 2020 7:16 pm
Gfamily wrote:
Fri Mar 27, 2020 11:09 am
I think it's reasonable that companies that move revenue offshore to avoid corporation taxes should not be eligible for unconditional government grants.
That’s a good sentiment but really complicated to assess and enforce, especially when the offshore specialists are also the ones with the best “don’t need shops” offering. We kinda need amazon right now.
So they don't need support
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Re: Freelancers and declared earnings

Post by plodder » Sun Mar 29, 2020 8:44 am

Well, that's also complicated to assess!

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