@velvet donkey posted:

Cut a certain underwater cable and we're fecked. That's how vulnerable everything is. It's not ending well   

Velvet, I think there have been more underwater cables laid between the States and here in the last few years so aren't wholly reliant on one

Hope so   

By the way, Velvet, there's a thread on AI on the Science and Tech Shows section of this forum made by someone you have come across before. However, you would need to be considerably more knowledgeable than I am on such matters.

Good morning Buddies

Light rain. It’s not to cold either

Hiya Velvet

Have a good day everyone

@velvet donkey posted:

I've looked up two weather forecasts. El looks okay. Slim might have a hosepipe ban

The weather is wild and it's drill, drill. drill. We need an alien        Probably have one.

Beat DeepSeek. China ups the ante big style     

  I wouldn't be surprised Velvet

@El Loro posted:

Good morning everyone

Likely to get some showers here today but nothing much and only a breeze.

I hope everyone has a good day

Much the same here El...a drab day

Take care folks!

@slimfern posted:

  I wouldn't be surprised Velvet

@slimfern posted:

  I wouldn't be surprised Velvet

I know it's heavy rain. Take it easy my chum   

@velvet donkey posted:

I know it's heavy rain. Take it easy my chum   

You too Velvet

I see that various papers have headlines such as "HMRC warns 3.4 million people face fine worth £900 after next week".
That's misleading.

Actual penalties for those who have been told to file tax returns but haven't by 31 January are:

• an initial £100 fixed penalty, which applies even if there is no tax to pay, or if the tax due is paid on time
• after 3 months, additional daily penalties of £10 per day, up to a maximum of £900
• after 6 months, a further penalty of 5% of the tax due or £300, whichever is greater
• after 12 months, another 5% or £300 charge, whichever is greater

There are also additional penalties for paying late of 5% of the tax unpaid at 30 days, 6 months and 12 months. If tax remains unpaid after the deadline, interest will also be charged on the amount owed, in addition to the penalties above.

There is an appeal process against fines where someone has an acceptable excuse.

@El Loro posted:

I see that various papers have headlines such as "HMRC warns 3.4 million people face fine worth £900 after next week".
That's misleading.

Actual penalties for those who have been told to file tax returns but haven't by 31 January are:

• an initial £100 fixed penalty, which applies even if there is no tax to pay, or if the tax due is paid on time
• after 3 months, additional daily penalties of £10 per day, up to a maximum of £900
• after 6 months, a further penalty of 5% of the tax due or £300, whichever is greater
• after 12 months, another 5% or £300 charge, whichever is greater

There are also additional penalties for paying late of 5% of the tax unpaid at 30 days, 6 months and 12 months. If tax remains unpaid after the deadline, interest will also be charged on the amount owed, in addition to the penalties above.

There is an appeal process against fines where someone has an acceptable excuse.

It's very misleading El...and tbh, I think they have a damned cheek given their failings of late

@slimfern posted:

It's very misleading El...and tbh, I think they have a damned cheek given their failings of late

I used to phone HMRC on the agents phone number from time to time. However getting through to them on the phone is no better for agents than for tax payers. As a result I try to get a client to ring HMRC early in the morning where I consider that the client is sufficiently knowledgeable to do so.
I keep a track online as to if clients have been sent statements for the correct amount of tax and also paid their tax. Last year I found that a client hadn't apparently paid the tax due by the end of January. That was unlike my client so I rang her. She was puzzled and said that she was sure it had been paid. I had another look but at her husband's tax account and discovered that the payment had gone through his account. So I rang the client back and she said that she had asked her husband to pay on her behalf. It was clear that he had used his tax reference on the payment rather than hers. So I told her that she and he would need to ring HMRC to get this sorted out. She did and it was sorted out.

I would ring HMRC if the client would struggle or if it was about a complex matter or if it was as a result of an error I had made (not that I've needed to but no accountant is infallible).

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night  EL slim velvet

Good morning everyone

A dry day here with a bit of sunshine for now.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good     

We don't need any more weather     

Take it easy me chums     

Good afternoon Buddies

A sunny day so far but it quite cold. Pleasant for the time of year

Enjoy your day everyone

@velvet donkey posted:

Good     

We don't need any more weather     

Take it easy me chums     

Amen to that

Back in 1966 a director made this television episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lDk9A9A6Y

In 1973 he made a television advert which featured Bill Maynard.

Then he went into films.

@El Loro posted:

Back in 1966 a director made this television episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lDk9A9A6Y

In 1973 he made a television advert which featured Bill Maynard.

Then he went into films.

I remember that programme 🤣🤣🥰🥰

@Baz posted:

I remember that programme 🤣🤣🥰🥰

Me too 🤣🤣🤣

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

Good morning everyone

Some sunshine here today, band of rain forecast to cross in the early hours tomorrow.

I hope everyone has a good day

@El Loro posted:

Back in 1966 a director made this television episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7lDk9A9A6Y

In 1973 he made a television advert which featured Bill Maynard.

Then he went into films.

Ridley Scott directed 3 episodes of "Adam Adamant Lives!".
The advert was the famous Hovis one with the boy on a bike. Bill Maynard was the baker in it.

Good morning Buddies

We had a sharp frost last night. The recreation ground at the bottom of the garden was white over

The sun is out but I haven’t been out to test the temperature yet

Have a good day everyone

Moonie, it was sub zero outside here first when I got up this morning so frosty but that's gone now

@El Loro posted:

Moonie, it was sub zero outside here first when I got up this morning so frosty but that's gone now

I’ve just been outside El, it isn’t too bad even in the shade

Like you the frost has gone now and the sun is making the occasional appearance

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

night  EL slim moonsieee

Good morning everyone

Rain has moved away here, a bit of sunshine at present, forecast mainly cloudy.
BBC forecast mist tonight and temperature 1°, Met Office forecast cloud and temperature 5°

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

We are supposed to have a high of 8° with only a 10% chance of rain

Have a good day everyone

Marianne Faithfull's cover of "What Have They Done To The Rain", a very gentle protest song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z98NEVWGi2w

@El Loro posted:

Marianne Faithfull's cover of "What Have They Done To The Rain", a very gentle protest song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z98NEVWGi2w

Sad news of her death

Night night, sleep well, sweet dreams Buddies

@El Loro posted:

Marianne Faithfull's cover of "What Have They Done To The Rain", a very gentle protest song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z98NEVWGi2w

aww very sad news

night EL slim moonsiee

Good morning everyone

Cloudy, dry day here, no mist. The Met Office forecast more accurate than the BBC's.

Return to colder weather in my area from mid week next week.

I hope everyone has a good day

Good morning Buddies

Grey and overcast here. No breeze. A high of 7°

Have a good day everyone

Although the BBC has weekly round up of pictures from Gloucestershire, they aren't generally of interest outside the county. This week, the first photo is worth a look at. It's of a "sun halo" photographed on Leckhampton Hill (near Cheltenham).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2mj2mw9ndo
The last photo is the only other one worth looking at as it's of a rainbow

@El Loro posted:

Although the BBC has weekly round up of pictures from Gloucestershire, they aren't generally of interest outside the county. This week, the first photo is worth a look at. It's of a "sun halo" photographed on Leckhampton Hill (near Cheltenham).
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2mj2mw9ndo
The last photo is the only other one worth looking at as it's of a rainbow

That's a lovely photo El ...