So if an employer gives an employee a tablet device or pda for their work; they have to pay some tax on it regularly out of their salary ? WTF?
Blighty's taxman offers smartphone levy refund
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs officials have decided that smartphones are phones, not PDAs, so anyone paying tax on one can now claim it back. Not that a lot of people were paying the tax anyway, companies (and individuals) have in the main remained blissfully ignorant that once a phone became smart it ceased, in the eyes …
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Monday 27th February 2012 16:48 GMT peter 45
Cough....Giggle....Snort...Hack
"if your accounts department is particularly officious". Wot, like the Accounts Department in every Company I have ever worked for you mean?
I have even had one company tell me they were putting my Overalls down as a tax benefit as it was possible to use them at home.
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Monday 27th February 2012 16:56 GMT Andus McCoatover
Re: Cough....Giggle....Snort...Hack
"I have even had one company tell me they were putting my Overalls down as a tax benefit as it was possible to use them at home."
Christ, almost snorted again! I'm sure whoever told you that would have put his/her suit down as tax-exempt. And, naturally left them at work, driving home in T-shirt and jeans...
Sod-my-Guts.
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Monday 27th February 2012 17:28 GMT BristolBachelor
Re: Re: Cough....Giggle....Snort...Hack
I remember hearing this, but don't know if it's true or urban legend.
A lawyer went to court, claming that his funny wig was a business essential, and therefore except from tax as a benefit. The judge said that he couldn't claim that, and had to pay tax on it. The lawyer then took the wig off, and was found in contempt of court.
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Tuesday 28th February 2012 12:36 GMT BristolBachelor
Re: Could be worse.....
Yeah, place where my dad used to work suffered from that. During a revenue visit, the revenue man found out that the coffee machine was free; it cost the owner less money to just let everyone have free coffee than to get the machine fixed. He ended up with a huge bill for back tax because they assumed that everyone drank about 20 cups of coffee a day, that it had always been free, and thanks for some extra interest.
Also funnily enough, in my last place the company almost got taken to court because they didn't provide free drinking water...
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