Clean It Up
UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: xxmattyxx on November 02, 2007, 05:56:12 pm
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Yes yes !! I know its a long way off still, but for those who do an 8 week round they're going to be hard pushed to get 2 more visits in before Xmas.
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the tax man gonna love this post
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In the event that I am given any tips....I will give those to a charity that I like...
But then again I do not expect much anyhow.
Dave.
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Dont forget to tell the taxman about your tips at the end of the year guys :(
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if i give my customers tips are they tax deductable ;D just a thought
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Had my first today
£10 and a cup of tea :)
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
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wont be working over christmas due to operation . so no tips for me . at the end of the day if a custy wants to tip they will if they dont then its tuff goin . i have never expected a tip & still dont thats up to my custy if they think im good enough & shown how reliable i am then they look after me same as i look after them .
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I got my first tip this week ;D From a custy who is moving the hell out of london for a better life. What bugs me is, (you may agree) it's always the good ones that move aint it??? Leaving the moany ol tightwads behind >:( ;)
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
a little harsh roger
im sure some will give you a tip
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ditch that brush on a pole you "squirt and run" with ;D ;D
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Matt's here ::) ;D
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
think you will find you are wrong there m8 ;)
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
think you will find you are wrong there m8 ;)
Me too..........they still know ya work ya arse off day after day. And don't forget,wfp=more custys which theoretically must surely mean the possibility of more tips :)
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tips are not taxable
they are gifts
since when was a gift taxable,
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Exactly. ;)
Ignore windscreen wipers. ;D
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Exactly. ;)
Ignore windscreen wipers. ;D
squeaky dont be a smart ass, when you look at tax bill it asks for tips etc, ever seen that section do you pay tax? example: a waitress tips are taxable, someone that knows please let us no's that facts not someone that thinks, as this is where people get into trouble.
and by the way it is window washers can understand you feel you have to knock me if that makes you feel better thats fine, i feel sry for you, always here to help if you need it all you have to do is ask ;).
must be in bad mood tonight >:( as not seeing funny side of life
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Rubbish mate, seriously!
Regular tips that top up your wages, maybe. (like a waiteress gets).
At Christmas it's a gift for you from the customer, given as a friend.
What you going to do? Send the taxman 22% of the chocolates and wine you get too? ::)
I couldn't care less if someone pops up and tries to tell people otherwise, they're perfectly entitled to xmas tips.
You give your money away, I'll enjoy my DVD's, games, booze and time off. ;)
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Rubbish mate, seriously!
Regular tips that top up your wages, maybe. (like a waiteress gets).
At Christmas it's a gift for you from the customer, given as a friend.
What you going to do? Send the taxman 22% of the chocolates and wine you get too? ::)
I couldn't care less if someone pops up and tries to tell people otherwise, they're perfectly entitled to xmas tips.
You give your money away, I'll enjoy my DVD's, games, booze and time off. ;)
i understand where you are coming from m8, i think im having a bad night.
tips are taxable i am 99% sure of it, gift (as in family a freinds) customers is classed as a tip for labour, taxable.
gift for you from the customer, given as a friend you are not their freind you are employed by them as you say they are a customer, thats a first rule of business friends and business do not mix ;)
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I once asked this question of a customer I had that worked for the Inland Revenue. Her reply to me was prety much as follows:
Regular tips that make up a fundemental part of your wages each week/month, (such as a waiter/waiteress gets) are taxable.
Tips that occur on an infrequent basis, ie: when a custy says, 'keep the change' or 'have a drink on me,' and gives you a couple of pounds, are not intended to be the target of this law as they do not make up a fundemental part of your wage.
I don't know if this differentiation is still made, as it was some years ago that I was told this, but it made sense to me at the time and still does.
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
LOL Rog but my earnings are my earnings but he still wants his share.
I'll pop a check in the post for a tenner mate to start the ball rolling. ;)
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Guy's Guy's Guy's please!!!!!!!!
Lets be realistic here for a minute.
1) The IR have to PROVE who gave you a tip and how much it was!
2) Unless you delcare your tip it an unknown quantity!
3) The Tax Man isn't going to spend a fortnight tracking down who did and didn't give you a tip to find out you got £400 tips of which he is entitled to his cut (22% approx?)
Yes you should be worried if you get £1000's rather than £1's but in all honesty...............??
My guy's work VERY hard all year round, what they get given at xmas from our customers is their concern! Happy xmas guy's!!
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dont know anout christmas but i got £8 yesterday not much i know but nice all the same i must of done some thing right!!
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Well said Trev!
Good post.
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Well said Trev!
Good post.
Second that.
Morning squeaky, I guess you dont get 1000's in tips then :P
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Well said Trev!
Good post.
Second that.
Morning squeaky, I guess you dont get 1000's in tips then :P
Nope, usually 350-400 quid.
Not bad for less than 200 customers. ;)
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Getting tips is usually a sign of being to cheap.
When i first started 10 years ago , i got about £400 in tips at that time i thought £7.00 an hour was good.
The next year i dramaticaly increased my prices, then the tips stopped.
Now i employ people.
I dont want tips nor do i accept them now, if they give them to the staff then fine by me.
Dave
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Getting tips is usually a sign of being to cheap.
;D I despair!
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Hi Dave,
Sorry but I have to disagree with you. Getting a tip has no reflection whatsoever on your pricing.
A tip is based on your loyalty, regular service in all weathers and months of the year. Your services you have provided and the fact that your customer appreciates you and what you have done for them over the last 12 months. It is also the season of goodwill and it is generally an accepted practice to tip all people such as bin men, postman, milkman etc.............
Now, if you had a customer that you charged £8.50 each month and everytime they paid you, they gave you £10 and said keep the change, then you would have to question your pricing!
A once a year tip is completelty different??
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Trev
Just speaking from personal experience.
Gone from £400 tips with a £500 a month round when i first started out. to virtually nothing with a lot bigger round.
We get the odd bottle of wine or tin of choccies, but not much more than that.
Dave
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You'll have to pay Income Tax on any tips you get when you're working. But you may not have to pay National Insurance contributions. According to the government tax website.
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You'll have to pay Income Tax on any tips you get when you're working. But you may not have to pay National Insurance contributions. According to the government tax website.
seems I was right squeaky :P
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What?
Just because someone agreed with you? ::)
He's wrong.
A gift is a gift.
Enjoy giving the taxman your wine and choccies. ;)
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What?
Just because someone agreed with you? ::)
He's wrong.
A gift is a gift.
Enjoy giving the taxman your wine and choccies. ;)
In your opinion hes wrong, and agreeing with me is a good thing :P
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I give up.
I'm too confused. ??? ;D
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I give up.
I'm too confused. ??? ;D
lol, me too.
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I got that from the inland revenue site. Come on guys you should all know by now in this country they will tax you on everything they possibly can.
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1) The IR have to PROVE who gave you a tip and how much it was!
I'm the same with my turnover! ;D
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just been looking into the tip situation and unfortunately you do have to declare tips and they are taxable as mentioned earlier in thread you don't have to pay national insurance on them though.
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the tax man gonna love this post
The taxman can insert it into his rectum.
My tips are my tips.
Gifts from customers are not taxable. ::)
For the record, I usually get about £350-400 from less than 200 customers.
I'm expecting much less this year though because I've used wfp and annoyed them. :(
All your tips are accountable to the taxman
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I was a milkman years ago, and the taxman put the income tax up by 6% in the month of december
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Do you find in general that it is the people with less money who tip. I used to do removals years ago and that was certainly the case then. Mind you, one time my mate with another bloke moved a woman to Scotland from Sussex and was given a £1000 tip. Woohoo!
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i cant quite beat that but i got my first £3 tip today woohoo
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if i got any tips (which i dont :o) i agree with squeeky and the rectum comment. I dont believe anyone on here puts tips on their tax return at the end of the year. if they do what are they trying to achieve...... you have eastern europeans running car wash operations that seem to think that standard practise is not to declare any earnings at all let alone tips, i dont see Mr Revenue taking any action there! no men with clipboards counting the cars going in and out on a saturday morning!!!!!
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The taxman won't want your tin of bickkies or your box of chocolates but he will tax you on them? he will also charge you an average of what he thinks you may get, based on the amount of customers you have, its then up to you to prove you didn't get that much?
Believe me I know :'(
He also stung one of my mates in smithfield market in Birmingham and he just pushes a barrow around he used to get a couple of quid a day, the taxman charged him an avarage and it was way more than he got in tips.
The taxman would have a field day with half of you guy's,once he gets his teeth into you, he won't let go.
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cheerful bunch aint we!! ::) i got my first tip today wont mention how much
wouldnt want the tax man chasing me but iwas pleased with it ;D
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tips are taxable full stop gifts have to be declared as such by the giver oh and wine chocs and biccies are payment in kind. really ;D
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never eat yellow snow :D