Thank you Matthew for being there for all of us, and for sharing your knowledge, and helping us...

Shahjee... Thank you for being supportive, appreciate it.

Thanks Shahjee Appreciate your advice.

Bloody ***, why are people so negative in thinking about the way I keep my expenses, and some people dont believe that we can keep our expenses low and NOW SOME ARE COMING UP WITH THIS TAX FRAUD THINGS... FOR GOD SAKE.. WHY DO YOU THINK .. AND WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT I AM GOING TO DO SUCH THINGS.....

Matthew, Just one question which came to my mind now, that is, I am due for renewal in Mar 2013, I would be showing my earning through employment and self employment from April 2012 to Feb 2013 at the time of application, Could you please tell me if the following document would be enough as a proof ...

Sushil, I am a designer, People contact me and they buy my designs, more over I work from my home through internet, to the max if I would say my costs are literally negligible , just on phone calls to my clients, and on internet , which would be 20GBP a month and for a year it would be about 240GBP....

Matthew, you are superb.. the way you explain things... it makes things crystal clear.... THANK YOU SO MUCH.... we all should call you GURU

Thanks again, Matthew.. :) If I were to say, as per my self employment income, say my earning (payment made by clients) is 20000GBP and I have not had any expenses, so 20000 is the amount which I would need to show to HMRC as my NET PROFIT , that's before TAX while I would be applying for my visa ex...

I am employed and recently I registered for self employment (sole trader). Since I have two forms of earning, one through employment and the other through self employment as sole trader, At the time of tier 1 extension, regarding my self employment income as sole trader, do I need to show GROSS inco...

Hey Shahjee, Thanks for helping me with above mentioned questions, please accept my apologies for repeating some of the questions as I did not notice that the questions were answered before, I kind of lost your answers to the UTR Q in the earlier post. Now as you mentioned, I have deleted those 2 qu...

Hi All, On the HMRC website, " https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/shortforms/form/CWF1ST?dept-name=CWF1&sub-dept " 1)There is one place where it asks this question "If you are not a UK resident and have come to the UK from abroad within the last 12 months, please tick the checkbox below.&...

Hi Matthew,

Could you kindly help me with the last few questions??

Hello Matthew, Thank you again ever so much :-) On the HMRC website, while I am trying to register as self employed (sole trader) it is asking for :- 1) UTR number , how would I get this one. 2)There is one place where it asks this question "If you are not a UK resident and have come to the UK ...

Hi Matthew, Appreciate your time and efforts which you have put in to help others, God bless you, I mean it. When you say the word "sole trader", is that what I need to type in when I would register on the HMRC website @ https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/shortforms/form/CWF1ST?dept-name=CWF1&...

Matthew, Thanks for helping, I appreciate it. The link which you provided gives detailed information about the invoice, and thats what I am going to incorporate in my invoice template. There are few things which I would like to clear. * a unique identification number (Is it the same as invoice numbe...

Shahjee, Thanks again, for the quick reply and clearing my doubts, the link which you sent me was really helpful :-) ... as you suggested I did a quick search on Google about the contracts and invoice. ---------------------- With regards to Invoice, do I need to put the amount which I am charging fr...

Shahjee, Please accept my sincere appreciation, you are very kind and helpful. If it was not you then , I dont know who would have helped. Shahjee, could you help me with what do you mean by contract of services, from where I would get this, could you direct me to a link from where I could get some ...

Shahjee, You have brought a smile on my face, thanks a ton. I am going to do exactly like you suggested, I am going to start my self employment some time in 2 week of April, so which means, I would have to register once I would get my first income. Ex: My first income gets credited to my bank accoun...

Hello to all of you lovely people, Could I ask you to share your knowledge about self employment, I am thinking of it however I need you guys to help me with following: " https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/shortforms/form/CWF1ST?dept-name=CWF1&sub-dept " and it asks for -----------------------...

I would appreciate if anyone who could help or show / direct me to the right direction. HERE ARE TWO SITUATIONS:- 1) If a person stays in the UK under tier 2 general visa and stays in the country for 5 years, If they have to apply for ILR would they need to show certain income to qualify or is there...

Dear Administrator, please delete this post as the question was mistakenly added here, now I have posted it under the appropriate thread.

Hi, This question is on behalf of all the users who have doubt regarding RECLAIMING TAX. I would request any body to feel free to answer the following question. I am on TIER 1 VISA and presently in the UK, I am paying TAX and would like to know how can I claim the TAX benefits, that is, I was once t...

Hello Everybody,


I am in the UK since 20 March 2011 and presently working. I wanted to know if i would be eligible to get NHS services like free medication etc.

What all benefits would a TIER 1 visa holder is entitled to. Your inputs would be highly appreciated.

Look at the sticky notes in here for the links. You can convert your salary from INR to GBP (using the exchange rate), but you cannot then multiply it with 5.3 to uplift your salary even more. When you first applied, you changed the INR to GBP and then applied the uplift factor too. This time you c...

Clear as Crystal Thanks again

Kitty, Thanks for advice, i would do as you suggested.