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[itsmeeleanorstill]

hi !! is there any chance you'd write for evan myers and gn reader doing mundane stuff like watching movies, going on dates, or like house chores together?? it can be hcs or a fic doesn't matter I just want him to not experience the horrors for a moment 😭😭

Authors note: OMG ILY ANON AND I LOVE EVAN SM🫶 ive been wanting to write about him for so long and hes my biggest hyperfixaton so this is gonna be one of the longest things ive wrote (hes so me fr) pluss i try to make most of stuff i write gender netural so dw and am not done with this yet so there would be part two or more because i love him so much and i cant stop talking about him

Warning: nothing just them begin happy

Evan is the kind of person whos no matter what you do even if its just cleaning and stuff it wont be boring

Not to mention hes the type of guy who you can call to do basicly ANYTHING and he will tag along no matter what is it

Hes clingy and i bet you that when younare just cooking or washing the dishes he will wrap his arms around you from behind putting his head on your shoulder eather talking about something or just watching you

Also Evan is the type of person who haves the coldest hands ever so he likes to anoy you with putting his hair under your shirt on your waist or stomach but that the fact that his body tempature is always cold can be such a good thing especially in the summer just cuddling aginst him cooling down

He dosent seem like a person to me who would be that into spooning but because i dont know any other cuddling position i will leave that part to your imagination

We all know that he loves horror movies and probably like action movies too (especially on the horror movie part)

If you get scared during a movie he will get VERY COCKY WITH IT and will probably tease and scare you a lot and laugh when you get even more scared

After the movie you two would just cuddle and he would rant about the movie how good it was and everything (even tho he talks during the movie too but gets anoyed when anybody else does it)

He will pull pranks on you a lot acually but they are always harmless and acually funny too

Late night talks with him are the BEST

Just sitting outside at the terrace or porch or whatever do you wanna call it just talking about very deep stuff and life frends childhood whatever you want to talk about honesly he haves very great and deep world views and even tho he dosent seems like it hes a deep thinker

AMAZING COOK

You cant tell me otherwise he works out and payes attention to his health and makes the best meals but when he cooks you better get out of the kitchen he just hates when somebody lingers around and in his way when he cooks

Imagine you two working out togeder AJSHDHAKDNSH

Even if you dont work out just watching him be so focused and gorgeous

Ive heard somebody else say it and i will say it too he lisends to music all the time and so so loudly if you dont enjoy the same music he does he will just lisend to it a bit more quietly

I personality think that his love languages is physical touch and quality time and he enjoys hugging and cuddling more then kisses but eather way he just loves everything you do

He loves you very much and thats all that matters

[logogreffe]

34 uses of the word "Coup" in French, with examples !

1. Du coup // So

"Du coup, tu vas y aller ou pas ?" // So, are you going to go or not?

2. Valoir le coup // to be worth is

"Ça n'en vaut pas le coup ! " ou " Ça vaut pas l'coup !" // It's not worth it !

"Tu penses que ça (en) vaut le coup ?" // Do you think it's worth it ?

3. Sur le coup // at the time - on the spot

"Sur le coup, j'y ai pas pensé" // At the time, I didn't think of it.

4. Tout d'un coup - tout à coup // all of a sudden

"Et, tout d'un coup, la lumière s'est éteinte ! J'étais terrifiée !" // And, all of a sudden, the light went out ! I was terrified !

5. À tous les coups // every time or you can bet

Two options :

- "Cette technique marche à tous les coups" // This technique works every time.

- "À tous les coups, il a encore oublié ses clés !" // You can bet, he forgot his key again !

(Note : You could also say "à coup sûr, il a encore oublié ses clés" or "Je parie qu'il a encore oublié ses clés")

6. Donner un coup de main // to give a hand

"Est ce que tu veux un coup de main ?" ; "Tu veux un coup de main ?" // Do you need a hand ?

"Tu pourrais me donner un coup de main s'il te plaît ?" // Could you give me a hand please ?

"Tu peux me donner un coup de main s'il te plaît?" // Can you give me a hand please ?

7. Avoir un coup de barre // to suddenly feel tired

"J'ai un coup de barre ! Je vais aller m'allonger un peu." // I suddenly feel tired ! I'm going to lay down a bit.

8. Un coup de soleil // a sunburn

-> Avoir un coup de soleil ou attraper un coup de soleil (cf this famous French song)

"J'ai attrapé un coup de soleil malgré mes 4 couches de crème solaire !" // I got sunburned despite my 4 layers of sunscreen !

9. Jeter un coup d'oeil // take a look

"Est ce que je peux jeter un dernier coup d'œil ?" // Can I take a final look ?

10. Passer un coup de téléphone ou Passer un coup de fil // make a phone call

"Je lui ai passé un coup de téléphone la semaine dernière mais il ne m'a pas répondu" // I called him last week but he did not answer me.

11. Boire un coup - payer, offrir un coup // Drink - buy, offer a drink

"Il est allé boire un coup avec ses collègues." // He went out for a drink with his colleagues.

"Allez viens, j'te paye un coup !" // Come on, I'll buy you a drink!

12. Sur un coup de tête // on a whim

"Sur un coup de tête, j'ai décidé de quitter mon travail." // On a whim I've decided to quit my job.

13. D'un coup // in one go or all of a sudden

2 options :

- "Il a fini la bouteille d'un (seul) coup !" // He finished the bottle in one go !

- "D'un (seul) coup, je me suis sentie mal " ; "Tout d'un coup, je me suis sentie mal " // All of a sudden, I felt sick"

14. Après coup // afterwards - after the fact

"Je me suis rendu compte de mon erreur après coup" // I realized my mistake after the fact.

15. Passer un coup de balais ou donner un coup de balais // sweep up

"Passe un coup de balais dans ta chambre !" // Sweep up your room !

It could also mean "clean up" in a broader sense :

" 'Faut que je passe un petit coup de balais chez moi avant que tu arrives" // I have to clean up my place a bit before you arrive.

16. Prendre un coup de froid // to get a cold

"J'ai de la fièvre, je pense que j'ai pris un coup de froid " // I have a fever, I think I got a cold.

17. Pousser un coup de gueule // to be angrily screaming about something (?)

(Informal) - ("to rant" seems a bit too tame)

"La voisine a poussé un coup de gueule pendant 1 heure hier soir parce qu'on faisait trop de bruit." // The neighbour yelled at us for 1 hour yesterday evening because we were making too much noise .

18. Donner un coup de boule à quelqu'un // to headbutt someone

"Zidane a donné un coup de boule à Materazzi" // Zidane headbutted Materazzi.

(a very significant event in French history)

19. Le coup du lapin // whiplash

(I'll let you guess why it's called "the rabbit's blow")

"Pour éviter le coup du lapin, il faut que tu règles ton appui-tête correctement" // To avoid whiplash, you need to adjust your headrest properly.

20. Un coup dur // a hard blow

"C'est un coup dur pour lui, il pensait vraiment être promu !" // This is a hard blow for him, he really thought he was going be promoted !

21. D'un coup de baguette (magique) // ~  by waving a magic wand ~

"Tu n'auras pas ton diplôme d'un coup de baguette magique ! Au boulot !" // You're not going to get your degree ~with the wave of a magic wand~ (= without doing anything) ! Get to work!"

22. Donner un coup de coude à quelqu'un // To elbow someone

"Pendant le repas, elle m'a donné un coup de coude pour que j'arrête de parler." // During the meal, she elbowed me so that I would stop talking.

23. Recevoir un coup d'épée/couteau // to get hit with a sword/ knife

"Il a reçu un coup d'épée dans le ventre" // He was hit in the stomach with a sword.

24. Un coup de chance // a fluke

"J'ai pas vraiment de mérite , c'était plus un coup de chance qu'autre chose !" // I can't really get much credit , it was more of a fluke than anything else!"

25. Avoir le coup de foudre pour quelque chose // to immediately fall in love with something

"J'ai eu le coup de foudre pour cette armoire dès que je l'ai vue." // I fell in love with this closet the moment I saw it.

26. Sous le coup de la colère ou sous le coup de l’émotion // in the heat of anger or in the heat of the moment

"Sous le coup de la colère, j'ai oublié de lui demander de me rendre mon téléphone" // In the heat of the moment, I forgot to ask him to give me my phone back.

27. Mourir sur le coup - Être tué sur le coup // to die instantly

"Le légiste a déterminé que la victime était morte sur le coup." // The coroner determined that the victim died instantly.

28. Un coup d’état // a coup

"Le coup d'état a été organisé par les rebelles." // The coup was organized by the rebels.

29. Tirer d’un coup sec // to yank (?)

"Pour entrer dans la vieille maison, il faut tirer la porte d'un coup sec." // To enter the old house, you have to yank the door open.

30. Pleurer un (bon) coup // to have a good cry

"Pleure un bon coup, ça ira mieux après !" // Have a good cry, you'll feel better afterwards !

31. Respirer un grand coup ou Respirer un bon coup // to take a deep breath

"Avant ta présentation, respire un grand coup et essaye de te détendre ! " // Before your presentation, take a deep breath and try to relax !

32. Un coup monté // a set-up

"C'est un coup monté, je n'ai tué personne ! " // It's a set-up, I didn't kill anyone !

33. Un coup bas // a low blow

"Connard ! Me tromper le jour de mon anniversaire, c'est vraiment un coup bas ! " // Asshole ! Cheating on me on my birthday is really a low blow !

34. le coup de grâce // final blow - deadly blow

"Elle était déjà triste, mais ce fut le coup de grâce lorsque son mari la quitta. " // She was already sad, but it was the final blow when her husband left her.

[spookyengineerqueen]

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[paybackusabitchhoney]

See your still here like a saddo watching my ass. LOL. Sad boy. And yeh my plumbing and guttering is getting a good going over. Even the shitter pipe and septic tank have been cleaned out and tree roots chopped out of pipes. In the middle of creating a French drain for roof water. House should last another 10 years non maintenance with the roof and exterior done - it’s half painted and we’re on it this week. The house has had the Swedish death clean from hell. Everything we don’t use got tossed and anything we can’t take with us to SI.

Looking on the council website and doing a property search even the fibrolite box opposite us has an RV of $780. Ours is out of date cos the last time it was valued was 7-8 yrs ago I think. So a re valuation is in order in September and a quick up date on the QV website before we list the house for Summer. I’m looking forwards to being a stubborn bitch and insisting on getting at least the RV. The other mugs let their house get listed at $30k under RV after listening to the bullshit real estate agent that sold it. But these are rural properties and I think the RV is reasonable. Especially when the house is modernised.

I’ve got 5 months or so to stage it right. That and do other stuff in the garden and around the house that will sell it. Looking forwards to breaking free and having the cash to go mortgage free basically AND get a Mitsubishi Triton Ute for cash. Need something to tow shit down south lol.

We will be sticking our money in a high interest account for a while cos just three months sitting in such account can earn over $5k which pays for new whiteware, furniture or holiday. Also we get to wait til the right house crops up and pick and choose. We’re looking for a double story brick home with dorma windows. I want 4 bedrooms and something that needs a new kitchen and bathroom so I can pick and choose stuff myself. Don’t want to live with someone else’s tastes. Delaying buying until that crops up will be cathartic in itself as well as starting over in a new place. I love the look of Geraldine actually. Nice quiet place not far from Timaru. As long as we’re just 30 minutes from Timaru that will be all good.

I’ve been busy studying business admin online. 6 months full time then another full time course after that to learn PAYE and other stuff. Then I’m all set to get an Administration job or secretarial position etc. looking forwards to having a mortgage free lifestyle and two incomes coming in not just one. And all the luxury shit and holidays that will come from that scenario. Bring it on. Totally excited here. Upgrading is fun.

[alexander-clifford]

Understanding the RDEC tax credit for large companies

The RDEC tax credit actively supports innovations and technological advancements. Your ideas have the potential to create positive change for the planet, the economy, and for people. Failure and loss often come with research and development which is why you can benefit from the RDEC scheme even if you’ve made a loss. In this article, we’ll break down everything you need to know about RDEC, including the RDEC rate and recent changes, qualifying expenditure, and best practices to make a robust RDEC claim.

What is the RDEC tax credit?

The Research and Development Expenditure Credit (RDEC) is a government scheme that was introduced in 2002. The RDEC scheme offers larger companies the opportunity to reclaim their qualifying expenditures incurred as a result of R&D activities. The outcome of a successful claim can result in either a cash payment or the offsetting of a portion of their corporation tax.

Who qualifies for the RDEC scheme?

The RDEC Scheme is formulated for larger companies that exhibit the following characteristics:

A headcount of more than 500 staff

A turnover of over €100 million

Or a balance sheet total of/or above €86 million

These companies need to be involved in R&D activities, incurring expenses related to these activities within the UK, and also paying corporation tax in the UK.

What is the RDEC tax credit rate?

There have been recent changes to the RDEC rate, in favour of supporting larger companies. The calculation of the expenditure credit is determined based on a proportion of your eligible R&D expenses, with specific rates as follows:

Before April 2023

The RDEC rate was 13% on expenditure incurred from 1st April 2020 up to and including 31 March 2023.

To illustrate, if you spent £500,000 worth of qualifying costs, you’ll receive 13% credit, which makes £65,000. This credit will be taxed at the 19% corporation tax rate meaning you receive a total of £52,650.

After April 2023

The RDEC rate is now 20% on expenditure incurred from 1 April 2023. For example, if you spent £500,000 worth of qualifying costs, you’ll receive 20% credit, which makes £100,000. Once taxed at the corporation tax rate of 19%, your net gain would be £81,000. This money makes a huge difference and shows how incredible the RDEC scheme is.

Curious about how much you can claim? Our free R&D tax credit calculator will give you an estimation in just a few clicks.

What are the qualifying costs for the RDEC tax credit?

These costs are associated with the expenditures incurred carrying out the qualifying R&D activities and are eligible for reimbursement as part of the R&D tax relief. Here is the breakdown of qualifying costs under the RDEC Scheme:

Staff PAYE costs/ pension contributions

You are eligible to request reimbursement for various expenses associated with staff members who are directly engaged in the R&D project and if these expenses are related to the R&D efforts. This includes items like bonuses, salaries, wages, pension fund contributions, and certain National Insurance contributions paid by the company. In specific situations, there is also the potential to claim for certain administrative or support staff expenses that are directly linked to a project, such as human resources expenses for recruiting a specific individual for the project or specialized cleaning staff. These are categorized as qualifying indirect activities.

Consumables & utilities

You have the option to request reimbursement for the appropriate portion of consumable items that were expended during the R&D process. This encompasses items like fuel, materials, power, and water. However, it's important to note that you are ineligible to claim these expenses if you sell or transfer ownership of the consumable items that were utilized in the R&D activities.

Software purchases

Starting from accounting periods commencing on or after 1 April 2023, eligible expenditure has been expanded to encompass the pertinent components of data license expenses and expenses related to cloud computing.

A data license pertains to a license that permits the access and utilization of a compilation of digital data.

Cloud computing encompasses various elements, including:

Data storage

Hardware facilities

Operating systems

Software platforms

You are entitled to claim most of the costs associated with data and cloud computing that have been utilized for research and development (R&D) purposes.

Clinical trial volunteers

In the field of pharmaceutical R&D projects, you have the opportunity to request reimbursement for payments provided to participants involved in clinical trials.

Travel costs

The travel costs incurred for the purpose of your research and development projects may also be eligible in your claim.

What are the costs that don’t qualify for the RDEC scheme?

R&D tax credits are specifically intended to assist companies engaged in trial and error for innovations and advancements. This implies that expenses related to the following are not eligible for the RDEC scheme:

Capital expenditure, such as the purchase of land

Expenses related to patents and trademarks

Rent or rates

Costs associated with the production and distribution of goods and services

Redundancy payments 

Staff costs related to clerical or maintenance work that would have been performed regardless, such as payroll management.

What are the qualifying activities for the RDEC tax credit?

There is a broad spectrum of qualifying R&D activities across all industries. To gauge whether or not you’ve got an RDEC claim on your hands, we recommend you evaluate yourself based on the four-part test for RDEC.

The 4-part test: Qualifying for RDEC scheme at a glance

Permitted purpose - Do you conduct any R&D activities that are centred around the aim of enhancing the performance, reliability, quality and functionality of a product or software?

Technological uncertainty - At any point in your project, was there uncertainty regarding end results? Was there the possibility of potential unpredictable results that may arise during the development of a product or software, including the associated processes?

The process of experimentation - Was there a need for a trial-and-error phase with the intention of overcoming technological uncertainties?

Technological in nature - Looking at your R&D activities, did they fall within the domains of engineering, physical sciences, biological sciences, or computer science?

RDEC is all about the development of new or improved processes, products, and solutions, by overcoming technical challenges with explorative investigation through science and technology. If the answers are yes to these questions, then you are in a better position to start your RDEC claim!

What are the 7 steps to make an RDEC Claim?

To receive your RDEC payment, there are 7 key steps of an RDEC claim from start to finish that need to be completed. These steps will determine how you receive your benefit from R&D, whether that’s your credit being carried forward or a cash payment paid directly to you. 

1. Settle your corporation tax liability

During this step, you will have to deduct any existing corporation tax obligations from the initial RDEC credit rate. If a credit surplus remains, it proceeds to the second step.

2. Calculating the net after-tax

To ensure you receive your RDEC benefit in cash, you need to check if the balance after step 1 exceeds the net credit value. By net credit value, it means the gross credit minus Corporation Tax. If it is the case that the balance is more than the net value of the credit, then this balance should be retained so it can be used in future tax periods.

3. Implement the NIC/PAYE cap

The R&D tax credits incentive is subject to a cap, known as the NIC/PAYE cap. The purpose of this cap is to prevent misuse of R&D tax relief, particularly considering that employee expenses commonly form a huge portion of a claim's expenditure. It ensures you’re only benefiting the staff members and EPWs who were directly involved in the R&D. This limit is determined by the PAYE and NIC submitted to HMRC for the employees covered by your RDEC application.

4. Consider tax from other accounting periods

Before finalising the cash payment of the credit, HMRC might consider using it to offset any unpaid Corporation Tax from previous accounting periods rather than sending you a direct payment.

5. Choose surrendering for group relief

This is the time to choose whether to transfer the entire available credit amount to a group company, reducing their tax obligation for them. If you choose not to do this, you can still receive a cash payment if desired, regardless of the tax responsibilities of other group companies.

6. Settle additional obligations with HMRC

Upon reaching this point, any remaining sums will be collected by HMRC to cover outstanding taxes if there are any. These might encompass obligations such as VAT liabilities or overdue PAYE.

7. Receive your entitlement

Upon successful approval of your RDEC claim, you will receive the benefits in various forms, including corporation tax reduction, a cash refund, or a combination of both. This financial boost will help you reinvest in your business endeavours, including advancing more R&D projects.

What is the accounting treatment for the RDEC Tax Credit?

You have the opportunity to secure credit by inputting your expenses in the comprehensive Company Tax Return form (CT600). Nevertheless, since this claim falls into a special category, the credit will be recorded as additional income within your financial records. This advantageous arrangement can enhance the overall profitability of your enterprise or specific business division that is making the claim.

Based on whether your company is generating profits or experiencing losses, this credit can either offset liabilities or lead to a cash disbursement. However, the RDEC scheme benefit does not factor into the calculations for businesses that make quarterly payments.

💡 Navigating the accounting and taxation aspects of an RDEC claim can be tangled, and this underscores the significance of engaging R&D tax specialists who possess expertise in addressing both the tax and accounting policy ramifications. Speak to us!

Claiming for RDEC as an SME

There are certain circumstances where a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) is eligible to claim for RDEC. These circumstances are: 

Using grants - If a small to medium-sized enterprise (SME) has conducted an R&D initiative financed by a grant or subsidy, the SME Scheme prohibits submitting a claim for the project covered by the grant. Conversely, under the RDEC Scheme, a claim is permissible for such a project.

Subcontracting - If an SME is contracted by a larger company client, the SME can solely utilize the RDEC Scheme for their qualifying expenses. In this scenario, the SME subcontractor has been remunerated for conducting R&D, and might have gained a profit, yet can still make a claim under the RDEC relief scheme.

If your company is owned by a larger company - If you’re involved in a partner enterprise or linked enterprise, you may be eligible for RDEC as opposed to the SME R&D tax credits. A partner enterprise is when a larger company has 25%-50% ownership over your SME. A linked enterprise is defined when your SME is majority-owned by a larger company.

What are the benefits of claiming RDEC tax credit?

The RDEC scheme is an unmissable opportunity for large companies to receive the reward they are entitled to, particularly as the government have increased the RDEC rate. RDEC unlocks the following benefits:

Receive financial fuel for your business

RDEC provides a tax credit that helps offset the costs associated with research and development (R&D) activities. This helps you to invest more into your project, supercharging your progress,  without being held back by costs.

Financial position of a company

Unlike some other incentives, RDEC can be claimed regardless of whether the company is making a profit or operating at a loss. This allows companies to receive a tax credit even if they are not currently generating taxable profits.

Increase your competitiveness

By promoting R&D activities and getting a financial boost to reinvest more, the RDEC scheme helps companies remain competitive in their industries. It allows them to stay at the forefront of technological advancements and maintain their market positions.

Secure collaboration and partnerships

RDEC scheme encourages collaboration between companies, research institutions, and universities, fostering knowledge sharing and cross-industry partnerships to stimulate growth as a whole.

How can we help maximise your RDEC tax credit claim?

The specialist team at Alexander Clifford are deeply passionate about the transformations taking place that have been created by research and development. Our streamlined RDEC claim process has resulted in good news for hundreds of businesses that have embarked on tackling industry challenges with technological advancement. Our specialism in R&D helps us to reclaim every eligible penny for you. 

What sets us apart?

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Contact us today to start your RDEC claim with confidence and uplift your financial status.

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[thefirelookout]

Childhood fear

When I was four years old, I began to draw snakes in my drawing khata.

A traditional “drawing khata” is a thing of childish beauty. Sometimes it is the size of your laptop in length and breadth, sometimes it can be a bit longer, depends on the child really. Oh, sorry about that, depends on the school that the child goes to. There are usually photos of national monuments on top, and there is a little portion near the bottom where one can write their name, roll no., section and subject. This is obviously a copy for the art class, yet there is the “subject” written on top. Funny. Inside, the pages are made of cartridge paper, which is sometimes known as art/chart paper. The surface is smooth on one side, a little textured on the other. No matter how tempted you are to draw on the smooth side, thinking that your pencils and crayons would glide on smoothly, you really need to draw on the textured side. Especially if you’re a watercolour type of person. The colour bleeds into the textured surface better, and does not spread. I didn’t know all these things at the time, of course. I would open the copy and draw on whichever side, sometimes on both sides to prevent wastage. My mother says, “Opochoykari shoytaaner bondhu”. I heard the “shoytaner bhai” version much later on in life.

Four year old Mustu was homeschooled back then, an arrangement that was to last for just one year. After that, hopefully, Papa will have a better posting. Mustu will have a school to go to, hopefully, after her father’s duties ended at the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Alikadam was a pristine cantonment where all the military personnel lived in thatched huts. Only the C.O lived in a tin shed house with his wife and his two little bullies—Hridi and Odri. I liked our house better, of course. We had a proper garden at the front, a swing, a walkway with flower beds around it. I learnt the name of many flowers, and here is a song that my mother taught me—

Tomar neel dopati chokh

Ar shet dopati hashi

Khopa ti te laal dopati

Dekhte bhalobashi

Dopati is a flower. So is morog phool. I realized much later on in life that not many are interested in flowers, so I lost interest in them too.

We had a lovely backyard too, and we could plant vegetables round the year. I remember arriving there in a little blue coat, with my silky hair “mushroom cut” before the move happened, my form lean and my cheeks chubby. My lips were still very thin. When we arrived, I went to explore the backyard in the afternoon after the initial unpacking was done. Dadu held my hand as I trotted in front of her. I discovered the hens during this trip—pitch black feathers with a red “jhuti” each, as much as the nature would allow a female chicken. I burst into a rhyme immediately—

“Higgledy piggledy, my black hen,

She lays eggs for gentlemen,

Gentlemen come every day

To count what my black hen doth lay”

Dadu was absolutely delighted. Higgledy and Piggledy. My two black hens. One name, yet conveniently separated into two. You pronounce them as “Hig-ly” and “Pig-ly”. We also met the cauliflower, the cabbage and the carrots growing in the garden patch. Memories left by the “previous” 2IC uncle and his family, memories that were to become food for the new 2IC and his family, the then Major Qazi Abidus Samad. My old man didn’t have his beard back then. He was clean shaven and kinda cute, he still is kinda cute. He just smiles and nods, has never hit me or scolded me. He’s the easier parent.

One day while I was peeing, Papa was standing outside, because I was only just learning how to clean myself. In the bamboo weave of the walls, I saw something white slithering away slowly, taking its time and checking things out on its way. I looked at it for some time, still used to fear from only one source. “Papa, wall er upor diye ki jeno chole jacche, eke beke!”

The army man understood. He hurried in, brought me down from the commode and told me not to be scared. I pulled my shorts up, and fixed my frock and wore my sandals. Some men came in with a couple of “lathis”. The little snake was taken care of.

This little snake became something of a martyr to me.

I learnt that carbolic acid had some special properties, it helped ward off snakes. We snake proofed our house in the following weeks by putting bottles of carbolic acid in different corners of the house, and made sure that at least one remained in each bathroom. I was not stupid, nobody had to forbid me to touch it or sniff it or drink it or play with it. I eyed the bottles every time I went to pee at the different bathrooms, and that was that. The bottles became a part of our lives, there but not there.

I like to think that Alikadam was my starting point. Let me try and explain this feeling, or why I feel that way so strongly. Before Alikadam, I was a mere toddler. Even though my mother and khalamoni keep telling me stories from when I was little, I don’t remember being that child. I don’t remember living in Dhaka, nor do I remember what Dhaka looked like. Some of my earliest memories is of the white Toyota Papa used to drive, and that too, being driven up the twists and turns of the hilly Hill Tracts, straight to Alikadam. I get flashes of earlier memories sometimes, me reciting difficult poems (“Kukur ashiya emon kamor dilo pothiker paye/ Kamorer chote bish daat fute bish lege gelo taay”), me playing a game of tag-you’re-it that I named “Abiyala” and running after our domestic help, me staring at the TV while the azaan aired just before iftar. These memories are merely fragments, but from Alikadam, my memories somewhat solidified. I remember the colour of the cow that I first saw being sacrificed, I remember the colour of my coats and my frocks, I remember which tree I used to sit under and read to myself, I remember Dadu’s voice, her sarees, her face when I annoyed her a little too much.

I vividly remember the cat who pawed at a cake that Ammu was excited about baking. She usually makes a weird face while baking or cooking, her heart is never in it. But back then she was really into baking. I remember hearing a little “bump” and a “maw”, and then running to the dining room. Ammu had just gotten out of the shower, she had heard it too. We both saw it. A tuxedo cat, black and white, was meticulously drawing patterns on the golden, square cake still sitting in its pan. Some patterns went horizontally, some vertically, some obliquely. The cat wasn’t eating any of it even by mistake. Ammu drove it away, of course, and threw the cake away somewhere that no human being could find it. “Listen,” she explained to me, “If somebody else finds it and eats it, they’re going to have an upset stomach, so we throw this away.” Actually, she never explained anything. She never explains anything. I just made that explanation up.

My mother doesn’t talk about the important things.

I’ve been afraid of my mother for as long as I can remember. Perhaps my earliest memory is of her carrying a “bhajir kathi” also known as a khunti, also known as a spatula, only made of iron and quite painful if one falls upon your back. My earliest memory of her is her terrorizing me with one of those scalding hot bhajir kathis, she just standing there and implying that she would beat me up. I was a baby, crying was my  second nature, as it is for every other baby in the world. She would carry that spatula and display it before me as a deterrent. Fear made sure that I immediately stopped crying, not words of comfort.

I liked to fill my drawing khata with snakes for another reason.

That summer, there was a kalboishakhi jhor at least ten times more violent than what Dhaka experiences. Some of our lighter furniture was gone with the wind, one of our bigger trees in the backyard fell flat on its face. When the weather calmed down, my mother had the bright idea of picking the mangoes that the storm had brought to the ground. Dadu sat herself down on a chair at the front porch, I ran around in the bare verandah, and Ammu took a bucket with her on her mango-mission.

We suddenly heard some unintelligible mumbling from under the mango tree.

“Joleeeeeeel….Joleeeeeeel” “Ammu ki bolo?”

“Joleeeeel….Joleeeeeel”

Her voice was muffled, which is so unlike her. My mother was always shouting at anyone and anything, so I was clearly baffled at her changed behaviour. I did understand though, that she was calling one of our trustworthy Mess Waiters, Joleel bhai. He was a jolly, ever-smiling guy who never said a word extra to any children in the absence of their parents. He was just as pleasant as necessary, and I loved that about him.

And then we saw it.

A fat, patterned snake was slithering under some long, curly mango leaves on the ground. I fell in love with the pattern instantly—a glossy black stripe followed by a stripe as yellow as the insides of a kathgolap. It wasn’t moving towards Ammu at all, it was minding its own business, slithering away. I didn’t see its eyes, but could figure out where the head and the tail was. The snake, slick with rain, was just busy rummaging under the leaves for any mice or mole, perhaps.

Ammu finally found some strength in her voice. “JOLEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLL”

The Mess was nearby, so this time, there was a, “Jee khalamma!” as a reply. Joleel bhai had heard it, and probably had sensed it too. He brought a few other men with him. With sticks, of course.

The snake was a Shonkhochur. Their kind move around in pairs. So the one that died that night, under the mango tree, would have a mate lurking somewhere, ready to strike. We met the black and yellow mate too, but not before it was time to leave.

I became fascinated by the only thing that my mother was scared of, the Shongkhochur snake. I opened my drawing book one day and took some colour pencils in hand. With the pencil for writing I brought the snake’s silhouette alive in my copy, complete with the inflated head, the “fona”. I then proceeded to draw stripes. Then I was finally ready to colour it in. One black, one yellow, one black and one yellow. I realized that I had drawn a tongue too, a divided one, the type I had only seen on TV. I decided to use red for the tongue, after the colour of my own.

I tore the drawing out of the copy, and brought myself some scotch tape. I stuck four corners of it to the paper to the wall with four pieces of tape. Finally something that my mother was scared of. Finally something to make her stop when she’s blind with rage, and charging at me in full speed to hit me or taunt me.

Finally something to ward off evil.

A Shongkhochur, by the way, is a King Cobra.

[misilidora]

AMTA

My roommates have what I perceive as a toxic relationship. He is in constant control over her she's no aloud to workout unless he tells her she can, she's not aloud to watch watch TV shows or movies (netflix hulu disney plus or cable) without his approval, we are a big video gaming household, she is not aloud to play any game without his immediate approval, he found out that we had played mario cart on my game system on my tv and she got yelled at for playing the game without him, if he is playing a game she is required to stop what she is doing and watch him if she misses somthing or has questions she gets yelled at for not paying enough attention. She is required to prepare all of his meals without fail if she fails she is yelled at and forced to pay for a grubhub meal for him. She has to do all the cleaning, he lives like a slob no matter what so there is always somthing to clean. She is not aloud to eat any snack food. She payes for all the food for both of them and all cleaning supplies. All of his money is used for him and him alone. All affection is initiated by her and he constantly points out her failings, if she says or does somthing that "upsets" him he guilt trips her. A good example, the other day we were hanging out in the gaming room talking about the origin of a game title and she asked him if he knew and he said no so she responded with, oh well it's not like you know everything I was just curious, to which he responded well I'm sorry you think I'm a fucking idiot you shouldn't talk to me like that. She got quiet and didn't speak for a few hours but looked like she knew she did somthing wrong.

The other problem is they can both be incredibly selfish people. It is 100% my way or the highway with them and they both get pissed off and take it out on everyone and each other when they get outvoted on house matters such as being aloud to open windows while we are in the house, he says no because we can get robbed (again while we are in the house) the rest of the house said yes because we dont want to play for the A/C when its 75 degrees out and really nice and he lives in the basement which is already 10 degrees cooler than the rest of the house and has windows for ventilation as well. After he was outvoted he turned on the A/C in the middle of the night and argued when the bill came in high and we all refused to pay the extra because he did somthing that as a house we agreed not to do. She is incredibly needy and needs constant reinforcement that she's doing a good job. Her parents never taught her to cook and whenever he wants somthing special she expects me to drop everything I am doing and immediately help her no matter what.

They also recently got a new cat and made up a bunch of new rules regarding it and the basement. Our laundry room and game room are in the basement so we have to go down there to do laundry and play group games, some people keep there computers in there at all times but I wont because I don't trust there selfishness, no one is aloud to go down to the gaming room unless one of them is home and says you can go down and I will not be told that I can not use my own property They will only allow 1 other person besides themselves down there at a time as to not scare the cat. So if one of the other housemates is downstairs and someone else has to do laundry then the person downstairs has to stop what they are doing and go up to let the other person go down.

Also I believe what they are doing with the cat is borderline animal abuse. It's not aloud upstairs which means it never sees the sun or even knows when day and night is so it constantly reverse cycles and they complained that it keeps them up at night.

One of the other roommates has a cat also and the too cats are not aloud to meet because they sont want there cat to grow up as independent as the 1st cat. So if the 1st cat bolts downstairs while we are trying to get through the door with our laundry then we get screamed at for letting it happen. Their cat hasn't tried to climb the stairs yet because it keeps getting sprayed by the water bottle and screamed at every time it tries.

I want to say somthing but I feel like it's not my relationship so I have no right to say anything. Should I say somthing?

So we have 1 year left on our lease and in 9 months I am going on a 1 year deployment. As I have a military contract I can get out of my lease as soon as my deployment notice comes up the only problem is that it would screw over the rest of the household and raise there rent but I am very tempted to do so because he wants me to pay " my equal portion" of the bills while I am underway and I am not paying for somthing I am not using again. When I got back from my last 3 month mini deployment he made me pay for the utilities and such that I was not there for but he said well you agreed to pay for your portion but if I'm not there then there is no "my portion". I can move all my things to storage. Should I get out of the lease right before I leave so that I won't have to deal with him. Or just pay the 3 additional months of rent and bills just to appease him?

[dear--charlie]

Dear Charlie,

Tomorrow I am going to fly home. There was nobody here today. A was busy. I couldn’t sleep. I didn’t do anything. I had wanted to go buy presents but there is no space left in my suitcase. I mean…space yes…but the weight is already on limit. I finished packing my suitcase. I called my mom. We didn’t get along. She said we’d probably be annoyed when we lived together again because she and dad had had their own life for the time I was gone and so did I. She made some hurtful comments. I don’t want to go back. I’m looking forward to seeing A on New Years but until I see her, I have to be at home for 7 days. Also..I won’t have a room in the student allocations because they don’t want to pay for it if I only stay 3 months and have a 4 week interruption for my interneship, where I’ll live at home. This means I will live with them until September 2019. Have a 2 hour car drive every morning, which makes 4 hours of car every day. There are no buses. The parking is expensive. So is the gas. But anyway. I understand their point. A room is expensive. I just don’t know if all the gaz and parking I’m gonna pay won’t be the equivalent of the rent costs. My parents and I, especially my mom and I…we don’t work out anymore (my dad and me never really did). I love them. But I need my distance. My mom judging what I eat, what I do, when I’m on the phone, when I read or watch TV or who I talk to, is simply something I can’t take anymore. It was good here. I was alone. My mental health was the same degree of fucked up than it is at home. But at least I was out of the closet. At home, not even my close(s)t friends know (ha ha ha got the pun?). Charlie..I don’t want this life anymore. I don’t want to be different. All I even wanted was to fit in but somehow I never did. Oh well, and me meeting James was…weird. I was mad because my flatmates had promised me to clean their mess before leaving. But..surprise..they didn’t. So I was a little late. 3 minutes. But still. He had been waiting. We went upstairs of this café and had our tea. It was awkward. I tried to keep the conversation going and whenever I didn’t, he started looking at me with THAT look. I told him about A. I mentioned her 4 times. But that didn’t seem to bother him much. Maybe because I said “ma copine” and not “ma blonde” like they call girlfriends here. He might have thought of her as “a friend” not “the girlfriend”. After an hour I said I had to go home and clean. So I did. We said bye. It was weird. He wanted to hug me but didn’t dare so I just turned around and went away. I got home. And he texted me saying that if I was too annoyed by the cleaning, he could come and help. I didn’t open the message and after I was done cleaning, I told him that I was done now, “but thanks”. Then I went to sleep. At 1 in the morning he texted me this long ass message where he basically said that if I need help or “something” on Sunday (tomorrow), I could tell him. And if I wanted “one last dance” he could also come. And you know what? I was sad that nobody cared about me staying here alone or bothered to really say by… So..I said yes. Now tomorrow, you see, he’ll come help me with the luggage in the staircase and maybe offer one last dance. I’m greatful. He could have become a good friend if I’d met him earlier. Sad actually. I’m so numb. I feel like crying but I don’t know why. I’m not sad or happy. I’m just nothing. Numb and very very VERY cynical. I just don’t want to…exist anymore, you know? So on 24th we usually see my grandma (it’s her birthday) and the rest of my mom’s family. Now..the family is weird. My obese aunt doesn’t work because of “health issues” (which basically means because she’s overweight and always says she’s ill even though she isn’t.) My cousin: one year younger than me. Quit school. Never worked. Doesn’t find(want) an apprenticeship. Weird girlfriend. My other cousin: 24 (I think): quit school. Works approximately once a year for 2 weeks and either leaves the job or is fired. Weird girlfriend. They broke up. Now: girlfriend. Who has a kid AND is pregnant again (not from my cousin). And then my other cousin 27 (I think?). She’s okay. She and her husband never stay long on Christmas dinner (because they have to see her husband’s family too, aka, because they enjoy those meetings as much as I do, which is zero). All of them.. are envious about my “success” and the fact that we have more money than them (because my parents actually work and don’t live on the government’s expenses) (they are so envious that we open our presents at home and never take them to open them with the rest of the family. And then we say that we didn’t get each other presents this year. Since we started doing that, things are much easier). Last Christmas (🎵 I gave you my heart but the very next day, you gave it away 🎵 , sorry, I tried to cheer myself up with Christmas music today, didn’t work. Anyway. Last Christmas,) my 24 year old cousin said I “had it easy”. That I “didn’t do shit but still had good grades”. I said I’d “worked my ass off” to get a diploma, to make it through the tough test to enter university and that, so far, I hadn’t had any time off since the beginning of the year and that whereas he would go home the day after that day and do nothing, I’d go home to my books and study for my exams. He said, “anyway, uni is easy. You don’t need to brag about it” (which I did not. I’d just listed a fact because he’d pissed me off. But then I did brag). I said, “well, you know what? At least I worked hard, and at least, I GO to uni.” Pretty needless to say that you could cut through the tension in the room and that we left as soon as dinner was over. Okay..so then there is my grandma. I love her. She halfway raised me. But she changed so much that I don’t recognise her anymore. She is under the influence of my aunt (who basically spends every day there and uses my grandma) and it doesn’t do her any good. My aunt met this guy and had my cousin. Then she had my other cousin. With the same guy. They split. She was pregnant. She met another guy. She claimed my third cousin was from him. The only person in the family to actually NOT know who his dad is, is my cousin himself. Anyway. They split. Now this year, my aunt met a really weird guy my mom knows from childhood. They are “so in love”, and……..are gonna marry. In summer. After knowing each other for like 9 months? Yea..sorry for degrading them. I’m just listing facts. I wished you could hear the way this letter sounds in my head. Emotionless, quick paced, sarcastic, cynical and with a lot of emphasis on some words. Words that I’d write in cursive but I don’t know how to do thaz, so I write some of them in capitals. On 24th I’ll land at midday. My mom told my grandma I’d be tired and we wouldn’t come. So Christmas-tradition adios. Am I sad? Not really? It’s just weird to not spend it with them. But I don’t really care. So whatever. 25th? We never really do anything. Usually on 26th we see my dad’s grandparents (why not on 25th aka on ACTUAL Christmas? Well because my grandma wants to give us “a day to digest the food from 24th”). Now..one of my dad’s brothers died from an overdose. The other one, a junkie, lives on the street. I don’t know either of them. They have kids. The dead one probably has kids all over the country. Apparently he was a real rabbit when it came to women. And like a rabbit, he didn’t protect himself the way he should have. The difference between my “uncle” and a rabbit is that a rabbit doesn’t do drugs and doesn’t know protection exists (well actually there are no rabbit condoms, so he can’t know about the existence of something that doesn’t actually exist. His owners will castrate the rabbit if they don’t want any more rabbits. I don’t think my uncle would have let anybody castrate him. So that’s that.) The other “uncle” has a kid who has a kid and no boyfriend. She never talked to my grandparents. Not once. Except for last year, when this kid (actually woman) appeared out of nothing and asked my granny for money, who didn’t give it to her. Now..my granny, you see, always says dad is her only child and I am their only grandchild. Which sad but I get her reasoning. My family is fucked up. I don’t know how my parents turned out so well. They are educated. They graduated. My mom went to uni and my dad went through many exams so that he basically also has a degree. They work. They have me. I’m not a bad child. I always studied. My grades were good. I never got into trouble (if you don’t count that one time where I wanted to buy juice and I put into my pocket until we went to paye but unfortunately forgot to take it out of my pocket and actually pay it, found out at home and made my mom drive all the way back to the store because I couldn’t live witht the thought of having stolen something, even if it was by accident. I was 4). I go to university. I speak 5 languages. I’ve got my shit together…if it weren’t for the mental illness that nobody knows about. It’s funny though. My dad’s mom and my dad have depression. Last time on the phone, I was tired of always hiding how I feel so I just didn’t hide it and was openly lethargic. And… my mom said “now stop it. You sound like your grandmother”. Great. She doesn’t get the link. Anyway…it’s not as if it mattered. As if this time of the year wasn’t already bad enough, this afternoon I wanted to order sushi but they didn’t accept my card. Then I wanted to order chinese but they didn’t deliver. So I went for take out. But the shop was closed. Then walked though snow to have lunch which wasn’t exactly the definition of delicious (all of that because my flatmates didn’t leave me any food when they left and I didn’t want to buy a whol package of something because it would be a waste). The… I realised that I’d give the driver of the bus who’s coming to pick me up, my old phone number (I don’t know why). So I was waiting for a confirmation of the schedule for when he’d come to pick me up when I realised he didn’t have any means to reach me because I’d accidentally given him the wrong number. So I contacted the headquarters and tried to fix the problem. It worked. I now know my driver will be there at 12:30. Great. I’m just really realy really cynical today. I’m sorry.. I’m also sorry that this letter was a mess and that now you know far too much about my family. But well…why not? Right? Anway. Have a nice Christmas Love always, Lena. 22.12.2018, 19:59 P.S. have you ever seen the movie “it’s kind of a funny story”? If yes, you can imagine the tone of this letter being similar to the narration of the movie in the first half.

[emaanghumman]

Everything You Need to Know about UK Tax Investigations

Even the most cautious and financially prudent business owner is likely to feel uneasy at the thought of UK tax inspections. You start to doubt every tax return you've ever filed, every invoice you've ever documented, and every expense you've ever claimed when you consider that HMRC may end up going through all of your data.

The truth is that UK tax investigations are rarely a situation that needs to raise suspicions. Fear frequently results from an incorrect perception of a circumstance. We'll go over all you need to know about tax investigations today so you may be prepared and minimise their effects on your personal and professional lives.

What is a Tax Investigation?

A tax inquiry is, in the simplest terms, a financial audit carried out by Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), a publicly-owned division of the British government.

An examination of your tax payments is exactly what a tax investigation is. HMRC will get in touch with you via phone or email if they decide to investigate your tax situation. HMRC will specifically specify what kind of information they want to review to you through this correspondence. At this point, they will ask you for certain paperwork and company records.

You must abide by HMRC's inquiries since they have the legal ability to audit your finances as a UK governing body. Any variety of items, such as VAT data, proof of PAYE payments, information regarding your income tax, etc., may be requested by them.

How Does an HMRC Investigation Work?

Depending on the kind of tax inquiry you are facing, HMRC will provide varying levels of detail and information requests. HMRC employs three distinct tax investigation procedures:

Full Enquiry – If they decide to choose you for a full enquiry, HMRC will look into every facet of your tax situation and tax filing history.

Aspect Enquiry – HMRC will examine a single, focused aspect of your tax during an aspect enquiry. For instance, they might examine income tax in more detail.

Random Enquiry – HMRC will conduct a number of randomly selected checks.

HMRC will look into the matter once they have all the data they require to commence their tax investigation. They will verify your accounts throughout the audit to ensure that they are in accordance with other parts of spending. They will also interrogate you about your finances, sometimes in person and other times by technological contact. HMRC is checking the sources they have for gaps and making sure that no numbers have been missing and that everything is in order.

For HMRC, it's a rather complex procedure, but for business owners who are being audited, the biggest issues are the stress levels involved and the time it takes to comply with all of HMRC's requests. A tax investigation is rather straightforward for you aside from this. You only need to give HMRC the information they ask for and respond to their inquiries.

You won't require any further financial or accounting education.

How Long Does a Tax Investigation Take?

The duration of a tax investigation cannot be predicted in advance. The extent of any issues discovered, how effectively you maintain records, and the size of the business all influence how long the investigation will take. It also depends on whether your documents are the subject of a thorough investigation or a cursory scan.

A tax inquiry for a small business with clean financial records, good bookkeeping, and business documents may only take three months. A tax inquiry may take up to two years if there is evidence of issues like tax fraud or if the company in question is substantial and has been in business for a long period.

What are the best ways to get ready for a tax investigation?

If you have engaged in tax evasion, you should acquire legal representation and confess to any wrongdoing right away because HMRC audits are comprehensive and carried out by experts. They will find evidence of crime.

But this won't be the case for the vast majority of people. Law-abiding persons are not required to seek legal counsel or get ready for a barrage of charges. That does not, however, imply that you cannot or ought not to plan.

For a variety of reasons, thorough planning for a tax investigation is beneficial. In the beginning, it can reduce personal tension and aid in preventing stress from growing in relation to your tax investigation. Additionally, preparation can greatly ease, facilitate, and hasten the conclusion of tax inquiries. HMRC will work more effectively if you provide them with the resources they need to complete their task.

Here are our best advices for being ready for a tax investigation:

Be Constantly Prepared

Being proactive rather than reactive during a tax examination is preferable. You're in a good position if you prepare for tax audits at all times. This entails accurate and current bookkeeping, understanding your tax liability, and adequate tax planning.

Locate Your Proof

As soon as you are informed that a tax investigation is forthcoming, begin gathering all of your financial records so HMRC may quickly access them. This includes copies of any accounting records you may have, such as invoices, receipts, transaction records, financial reports, etc.

Consult a professional for representation

Getting assistance is not an admission of guilt, but it can be beneficial. Investigations into taxes can be challenging and time-consuming. Support from a professional, such as an online accountant, might be invaluable if you aren't sure you can manage HMRC on your own. We at Asmat Accountancy have dealt with a great deal of HMRC tax inquiries. We can communicate with HMRC on your behalf, assist you in gathering the necessary data, and direct you through the procedure.

Examine your accounts

Examine your historical data to conduct an internal audit of your financial records, or hire an accountant to perform it for you. There are numerous companies that provide a personal tax investigation service, including Asmat Accountancy. Prior to a tax investigation, conduct a self-audit to review compliance and find any potential issues before HMRC does. To demonstrate transparency, ensure you are not held responsible for harmless errors, and to be prepared to refute any claims of dishonest taxation, you can submit any inconsistencies discovered by your audit to HMRC as soon as possible.

What will happen if I Lack the Data HMRC Needs for the Tax Investigation?

It's challenging to lose all of the evidence and documentation that HMRC would want in the digital age. You shouldn't have to worry about not being able to offer the information needed for the service since everything is transferred and stored online.

But let's pretend for the sake of argument that you don't have any supporting documentation. In this case, HMRC might be investigating your costs and discover that you claimed expenses for a computer that you purchased with cash and no longer have the receipt for two years ago. What should you do if this occurs?

You must not panic in these circumstances. Instead, you will need to inform HMRC of the circumstance and come up with a workable solution. You might not have a record of the money spent, but the item you bought could serve as proof. The auditors will cooperate with you to get a just and reasonable conclusion.

We advise the following to prevent issues resulting from incomplete information:

You immediately ensure that all company transactions are recorded digitally so that the proof is not only available but also simple to find and distribute.

Talk to a professional in accounting about your particular issues and enlist their assistance in determining a workable solution.

How Far Back Do Tax Investigations Go?

Based on any evidence they may uncover, HMRC tax investigations are free to look into tax to whatever depth they like. When it comes to examining historical data, HMRC will often adhere to a standard set of guidelines.

If HMRC discovers no problems with the previous year's tax return, they frequently end their investigation unless they have other information that leads them to suspect problems with earlier tax returns.

They typically expand their examination to cover the preceding four years' returns if they discover an issue in your most recent tax return. If the error was done accidentally and without carelessness, this will occur.

HMRC would often review the last six years of your returns if you committed a mistake out of negligence, which would include failing to correctly record costs or failing to keep proof of income.

HMRC will launch a thorough tax inquiry going back up to 20 years if they ever find out you filed your tax returns dishonestly or fraudulently and that you did it on purpose.

What does this entail for the majority of small business owners? It means that tax investigations shouldn't stretch back more than four years if you've tried to file your self-assessment taxes honestly and accurately. You may have to deal with up to six years' worth of investigative data, even if you were a little reckless.

What happens if something is Wrong Noticed during the Tax Investigation?

HMRC tax investigations are meant to make sure that both you and the government are paying taxes in the right ways. They are not meant to be a sting operation or a trap to attempt and catch companies and fine them enormous amounts for bogus fraud allegations. They may benefit your company in certain circumstances. If HMRC determines you have overpaid tax, you may be eligible for a rebate.

You will have to pay HM Revenue & Customs the full amount of unpaid tax to putting your tax affairs in order if a tax inquiry by HMRC reveals that you have underpaid tax due to errors and/or neglect. I'm done now. There will be no more repercussions or consequences from the law.

HMRC merely wants to make sure that limited company organisation and sole trader businesses alike are paying the correct amount of tax; they are not targeting businesses in the UK to punish them.

If you are discovered to have engaged in both intentional unlawful action and tax evasion, your purpose will alter. In this situation, if you have committed a crime, your tax investigation will result in criminal action against you, which, depending on the severity, might range from fines to court appearances and even jail time.

When it comes to tax inquiries, a self-employed person with a clear conscience need not be concerned about legal action. Errors are very different from purposeful tax evasion, and any HMRC investigation that identifies errors will be willing to review the supporting documentation and take your case into account.

How Can a UK Tax Investigation Be Avoided and Why Would HMRC Check at My Tax Returns?

The idea is that the reason you were chosen for a tax inquiry is because you did something wrong, but this is frequently untrue. The selection procedure is frequently arbitrary, which is on purpose so that HMRC may consistently conduct tax investigations on a variety of companies and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial climate and accounting standards of British company.

However, there are a few indicators that could prompt HMRC to open a tax inquiry against you if they suspect fraud in your tax dealings. These consist of:

Thrilling Tip-Offs

Tip-offs are arguably the largest cause of targeted tax inquiries. If a reliable source alerts HMRC to the possibility that your company is engaging in suspicious behavior, they will probably look into it.

Changing Numbers

Large drops in your tax bill could be a sign to HMRC that you've started ignoring your commitments and have found a way to avoid paying them. Be ready for HMRC to contact you if you used to pay a lot of tax but now pay significantly less. Particularly if your profit margins remain unchanged, this is true.

Years of Profit Abandonment

By pretending to make insufficient income to cover taxes, some tax avoidance strategies try to reduce possible tax liabilities. If your company routinely loses money but is still in operation, HMRC may wonder how you manage to stay in business and may open a tax investigation.

Absence of Income

There is a tendency to forget to make this payment or that payment by a small amount. The issue is because HMRC manages all taxes for the nation as whole, not just individual taxes. This implies that they will get suspicious right away if they audit another company you do business with and discover they documented payments to your organization that you neglected to declare. Its best practice to disclose all sources of income.

You're Not an Accountant

Your need for an accounting service to protect yourself from a tax probe, according to licensed accountants? Sounds fishy, we agree. We still stand by this advice even if you decide not to work with Asmat Accountancy. If a professional accountant is in charge of your funds, you are less likely to commit errors, be careless, or flout the law. Because of this, HMRC is less likely to waste time looking into accounts that, in their opinion, are almost certainly going to be flawless.

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How to Detect and Deter Financial Crime in Your Business

As part of being a business, you must abide by the UK government’s business laws that have been put in place, one of these laws will fall under financial crime. To ensure you are complying with this, you will need to have a system of controls to show the government you ‘aren’t going to be committing any financial crime and that you are monitoring your business to make sure none takes place.

What is Financial Crime? What to look out for

There are some red flags you need to look out for regarding financial crime. You will need to look for the signs, stop it from happening and gather evidence on the whole situation. You will need this evidence to confront the perpetrators of this crime and bring it to court if required.

The main types of financial crime and what to look out for:

●     Money Laundering

Money Laundering is where a company disposes or cleans the money made through crime by running it through the company. They do this by inflating the money through the turnover. Cash transaction businesses are usually the type of companies that money laundering will go through. One way to spot it within your company is to keep an eye out for transactions that don’t seem to make sense, such as when an asset is sold for less than its market value.

●     Corporate Fraud

Payment fraud, invoice fraud and trading fraud are all examples of corporate fraud. Often the perpetrators of corporate fraud are senior members of staff. For example, luring investors in by overstating profits or concealing debts from banks and investors are ways the fraud is committed. One large sign to look out for is if your company successfully stands out from your competitors when it is not apparent why that would happen with your business model.

●     Tax Evasion

VAT, PAYE, and corporate tax are the three taxes businesses are most likely to avoid paying. VAT carousel fraud, also known as missing trader fraud, is a type of fraud in which items are imported devoid of VAT and then sold to several enterprises, each of which pays VAT and then reclaims it from the government. You will need to look into how much tax should have been paid within your company and compare it to the actual tax paid.

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What Laws Should you be aware of?

The primary way to ensure all the above are being dealt with correctly is by first knowing the law. This is critical to understand when running a business, not just financial law but all the laws your company needs to follow to run a legal business. Below is a list of acts you must follow and should do your research on to make sure you are:

●     Crime Act 2002

●     Terrorism Act 2000 (other counter-terrorism acts)

●     Bribery Act 2010

●     Criminal Finances Act 2017

●     Money Laundering, Terrorist Finance and Transfer of Funds Regulations 2017

●     Fraud Act 2006

●     Theft Act 1968

All mentioned above must follow the MLRs’ policies and procedures.  Register with the appropriate supervisory authorities. So, be aware of the current laws, industry and regulatory guidance.

How can you Prevent Potential Financial Crimes within your Company?

There are a few measures and things you can do to help prevent any financial crime:

●     Employ experienced employees who have the skills to do their job effectively.

●     Identify and understand the relationship with your customers

●     Research and understand financial crime risks

●     Apply the measures and controls once you understand financial crime risks

●     Monitor the way customers use your service

●     Have easy to understand policies in place for your staff

●     Review your staff regularly on their competence in their role

●     Make sure your senior management understand and comply as well

●     Double-check your third party contracts and agreements

●     Keep up to date with any changes within the law

●     Learn from any mistakes that may occur

●     If you notice something happening, put a stop to it before it gets worse

What is Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)

The financial conduct authority is the governing body you will need to show that you are following the rules and putting safeguards to prevent any financial crime from happening within your company. You will have to prove to them you have put effective risk procedures and internal control measures to stop any financial risk from taking place. You, as the owner of the company, will need to figure out the best way to put these measures into place and make sure they fit in with the way your firm operates.

Getting a Financial Crime Lawyer

Financial crime within your company can be challenging to detect and can be easily hidden, so having knowledgeable eyes on your side will only assist you in stopping it. Hiring a financial crime lawyer can guide you in locating and enforcing any economic laws that have been broken. Is it best to call one in as soon as you notice the signs so you can stop it before someone is arrested and prosecuted? Finding a lawyer who can assist you with this can be difficult and time-consuming. Mishoura can save you time and effort by matching you with the right lawyer within 90 minutes of your consultation, making the process simple and allowing you to get back to running your business.

Resource - https://mishoura.com/how-to-detect-and-deter-financial-crime-in-your-business/

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Termite Control Tips and stop its Infestation

Termites are one of the most dangerous pests that destroy wooden structures and items. According to the survey, over $ 3 billion are spent every year in the USA to control termite infestation. our main issues are the subterranean termites and some other pests in San Diego, Los Angeles, and Orange County. Usually, Termites that live underground may move up into another structural area. Termites are social insects, so they will live anywhere i.e, a nest or colony that is typically found subterranean is near trees, wooden piles, and other food sources.

In every colony, there is a king and queen who are in brown color. They don't have wings but started out having wings and swarming from their colonies or nesting where it's.

Important Exterminating tips for Termite Prevention:

1. Eliminate or reduce moisture in and around the home where termites can thrive.

2. Do rectify the leaking faucets, water piping, and Airconditioner Unit.

3. If there are any rotted fruits and other items, find and repair them.

4. Replace weather stripping and mortar in and around foundation windows.

5. If there are any other blocks and splash, gutters of water from your house, diver them properly.

6. Continuously inspect the foundation of the building for signs of tubes, old paint bubbling, and other wooden items.

7. Monitor any of the exterior areas of doors, windows, furniture, and all.

8. Keep up and maintain between the soil and house wooden items.

9. Condition is serious that does not work out with DIY, contact termite control professionals to solve the issues.

10. Keep out firewood at least 20 feet away from your building.

Sometimes termites could not be controlled by overusing DIY techniques. If you feel there may be termite infesting, immediately contact a termite control expert to find and they would suggest you the appropriate course of treatment. You can find a local pest control professional and check Termite Control San Diego.

Nowadays, some of us facing a termite infestation, everywhere we can see it. So we have to look into the right tips that how to prevent them and what we have to do to clean them up. So we have provided some simple tips and tricks to protect it. Suppose if it doesn't work out, contact termite companies like Paye Pest Control in Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego.

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