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The Natural Philosopher wrote:
It is no more wrong than paying by any means. What is wrong is if the
plumber fails to declare it as part of his income.

we hae an itinerant hairdresser. Very fast very cheap. She is self
employed, but the scope for offsetting every single thing, all the car,
or most of it, all the tools, even a set of working
clothes..phonecalls..even before a few quid a week may or may not slip
into the purse for the tescos shop.

She is perfectly entitled to claim for all these things, being self
employed. But then only gets paid when actually working - no such thing as
holiday or sick pay.

However, if her accounts don't show a reasonable income after expenses,
the IR may look more closely.

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Dave Plowman London SW
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