Budget
Two nasties here for small businesses.
1st, the nil rate band for the 1st £10,000 of profit has been abolished;
Second, the use of company computers at home is now to be taxed.
"The government has announced the end of tax relief for computers lent to employees with a view to the computers being transferred into the ownership of those employees. The original relief was introduced in 1999 and boosted in 2004 when the government launched its Home Computing Initiative.
Up until 5 April 2006 an employer has been able to lend a computer to an employee for entirely private use at home and there has been no taxable benefit – provide the computer costs no more than £2,500 or, if it is leased, the rental is no more than £500 a year. Such computer equipment will be chargeable to tax as a benefit in kind measured as 20 per cent of the market value of the computer when first provided or the lease rental charge if higher. It is understood that there will be no charge on anyone who has already entered into an arrangement for employer-provided computer equipment where the computer equipment was first made available to them before 6 April 2006."
So rush off to PC World (other stores are available) and get one today!!!
Junk e-mail in Outlook
"The government has announced the end of tax relief for computers lent to employees with a view to the computers being transferred into the ownership of those employees. The original relief was introduced in 1999 and boosted in 2004 when the government launched its Home Computing Initiative.
Up until 5 April 2006 an employer has been able to lend a computer to an employee for entirely private use at home and there has been no taxable benefit – provide the computer costs no more than £2,500 or, if it is leased, the rental is no more than £500 a year. Such computer equipment will be chargeable to tax as a benefit in kind measured as 20 per cent of the market value of the computer when first provided or the lease rental charge if higher. It is understood that there will be no charge on anyone who has already entered into an arrangement for employer-provided computer equipment where the computer equipment was first made available to them before 6 April 2006."
So rush off to PC World (other stores are available) and get one today!!!
Junk e-mail in Outlook
"The government has announced the end of tax relief for computers lent to employees with a view to the computers being transferred into the ownership of those employees. The original relief was introduced in 1999 and boosted in 2004 when the government launched its Home Computing Initiative.
Up until 5 April 2006 an employer has been able to lend a computer to an employee for entirely private use at home and there has been no taxable benefit – provide the computer costs no more than £2,500 or, if it is leased, the rental is no more than £500 a year. Such computer equipment will be chargeable to tax as a benefit in kind measured as 20 per cent of the market value of the computer when first provided or the lease rental charge if higher. It is understood that there will be no charge on anyone who has already entered into an arrangement for employer-provided computer equipment where the computer equipment was first made available to them before 6 April 2006."
So rush off to PC World (other stores are available) and get one today!!!
Junk e-mail in Outlook
Outlook 2003 has a junk e-mail filter, so don't forget to right-click on any unwanted messages and under junk e-mail add sender to blocked senders list.
Unfortunately most junk seems to come with random numbers before the @ that change each time. Perversely, Outlook allows you to add domains (the bit after the @) to safe senders list, but not to blocked ones!
However there is a way to overcome this; in junk e-mail options there is a tab showing your blocked senders. Edit each and remove the characters before the @ - now all e-mails from that domain will be blocked.
Humour
Don't try these at home...
Amazingly Simple Home Remedies Rules for staying healthy
1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup
of boiling water down your throat and presto. The blockage will be almost
instantly removed.
2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting
someone else to hold them while you chop away.
3. Avoid arguments with the Mrs. about lifting the toilet seat by
simply using the sink.
4. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed
for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to
use a timer.
5. A mousetrap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you
from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
6. If you have a bad cough, take a large dose of laxatives, then you
will be afraid to cough.
7. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will
forget about the toothache.
