Good morning 
grey, damp and dreary here today
the baby shower was fun last night but it was long! We didn’t get home until 11.30pm 
my boots are comfy 
but I need to get the hang of how tightly to tie my laces..
So that concludes my busy social calendar for the time being, I can now relax and have some quiet nights in
what are you all doing today?
Good morning everyone, a crisp cold clear morning, there was a hint of mist down in the valley but that's all.
I'm glad you had a good time with the little ones Yogi, little bundles of energy but we take slightly longer to recover.
Enjoy your day everyone
Someone has invented a printer which prints out sticky notes to pass to people who don't get on with tech gadgets:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/technology-42644245/
How a black pudding saved a man's life 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-42648624
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, a crisp cold clear morning, there was a hint of mist down in the valley but that's all.
I'm glad you had a good time with the little ones Yogi, little bundles of energy but we take slightly longer to recover.
Enjoy your day everyone
We do indeed 
velvet donkey posted:It's all worth it though Yogi - glad it was another good one
Noite all - off to watch QT and I guess the NHS disaster
Absolutely right 
I’m off to get some much needed sleep
Goodnight and sweet dreams, Velvet, Ros and Summer
Night yogi & velvet I hope you’ve had a good evening
El I hope this month runs smoothly for you, I know it’s a very busy time
sweet dreams ros
night yogi velvet summer if you pop in
~Sweet Dreamer~ posted:Night yogi & velvet
El I hope this month runs smoothly for you, I know it’s a very busy time
sweet dreams ros
night summer
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry and bright.
Going to get my haircut this afternoon, I’ll give you a twirl when I get back.
Have a good day, everyone.
Good morning everyone, lots of wispy white cloud. I have a funeral to go to this morning, a dear sweet lady called Rosie. It is not sad because I know she's in heaven with her beloved husband who went on ahead about 5 years ago. It brings a smile to my face to picture her now reunited with him.
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning foggy here today
squiggle that’s lovely 
and exactly how I would see it too, I bet Rosie & her husband are very happy to be reunited. I hope her funeral is lovely
yogi I hope you enjoy getting your hair cut
El, Make sure you take a snack break when working harder than usual :nodding:
I will, Summer
I'm on top of the work I have in including that particularly complex tax return. 3 clients yet to get their papers to me, 1 coming in on Tuesday, 1 on Wednesday and 1 yet to. That last one is a simple tax return. That client is one who leaves things to the last minute which is not good.
There is also the long running issue of the client with the student loan repayments. She was paying some through payroll and some through her tax return. She paid the loan off in November 2016. The Student Loan Company instructed HMRC to instruct her employer to cease the payroll deductions at that time which happened. For her 2015/16 tax return she had to pay some loan repayment in January 2017 even though it had been paid. SLC eventually instructed HMRC to stop that around October 2017 and she got it back from HMRC.
But as HMRC had set the tax return flag on for 2016/17 (as she was making payroll deductions) her liability at the end of this month includes a loan repayment again. We ticked box 3 on the return in the relevant section and the return was submitted before the cut off point of 31 October 2017. That is supposed to get the East Kilbride section of HMRC to contact SLC to get it corrected if it's not due. That has yet to happen.
There is the small point that SLC would hardly have put a stop on the payroll deductions in November 2016 if there was any loan left. So it would be impossible for them to put any into the 2016/17 tax return as that return can't be filed until after 5 April 2017 so they cannot know what non-employment income she would have on that return - unless they have a time machine.
There is a flaw in the HMRC systems where someone is paying repayments both through payroll and tax returns. When during the course of a tax year SLC tells HMRC to stop the payroll deductions (so the PAYE computer systems) if the person also does tax returns the flag for tax returns (self assessment computer systems) should be removed for the tax year in which this takes place.
Apologies for long post but it sets out what I need to tell HMRC later next week assuming that nothing changes.
Radio Times article on Leonie Elliott who plays the new nurse in Call the Midwife, the series starts on Sunday week:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news...west-indian-midwife/
My brother has arrived for one of his weekend visits so I won't be around here that much.
I hope everyone has a good weekend I hope the scheduled server maintenance on the forum which could happen any time now guring the next 12 hours doesn't cause problems for anyone,
squiggle posted:Good morning everyone, lots of wispy white cloud. I have a funeral to go to this morning, a dear sweet lady called Rosie. It is not sad because I know she's in heaven with her beloved husband who went on ahead about 5 years ago. It brings a smile to my face to picture her now reunited with him.
Enjoy your day everyone
El Loro posted:My brother has arrived for one of his weekend visits so I won't be around here that much.
I hope everyone has a good weekend
Have a lovely time with your brother
The site crashed for me for a few minutes
Had my haircut and feel human again *twirls*
velvet donkey posted:Have a great weekend El and all Buddies and hope your friend had a nice send off squiggs
Good twirl Yogi - your topiarist has worked wonders
Thanks Velvet.
I hope you have a good weekend too
El Loro posted:Thanks Yogi and Velvet
That's a good twirl Yogi
Thanks El
El Loro posted:I've just printed that out for my use
Very wise you’re on it!
Have a great weekend with your brother El happy new year to you both!
I’m turning in, sweet dreaming buddies 🤗 😘 😴
~Sweet Dreamer~ posted:I’m turning in, sweet dreaming buddies
Goodnight and sweetest of dreams, Summer
Good result. Goodnight and sweet dreams, Ros
El Loro posted:My brother has arrived for one of his weekend visits so I won't be around here that much.
I hope everyone has a good weekend
have a lovely weekend with your brother EL
Good morning everyone, very overcast and drizzling here. I'm glad your weekend is going well EL, did your brother bring Thorntons cakes with him this time?
Enjoy your day everyone
Good morning everyone
Weather is dry but dampness is in the air and the sky is cloudy.
No plans for today, hoping for a quiet weekend
Have a good weekend, everyone
Good afternoon 👋 grey here, but dry at least.
I cant believe I forgot to ask about the cakes I’m off my game lol
yogi i hope you get the relwxing weekend you want
As ny brother wasn't here over Christmas because of the poor trains timetable we are having a small M&S Christmas cake I bought. I can't find any pictures of it quickly. It's a small version of the extravagant one which was the subject of the Christmas episode of Inside the Factory:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09kcx69
If you didn't see it at the time, it;s still available to watch for another 9 days.
The size of the cake we are having is more sensible for a short visit.
Evening all
Summer, my day was busy in the morning then I had a relaxing afternoon
Good to see you, Moonie, I hope you are cosy and warm.
El, we still have some Christmas cake left - in fact, I haven’t eaten any this Christmas and only had one mince pie I hope you and your brother enjoy your cake
Yogi19 posted:Evening all
Summer, my day was busy in the morning then I had a relaxing afternoon
Good to see you, Moonie, I hope you are cosy and warm.
El, we still have some Christmas cake left - in fact, I haven’t eaten any this Christmas and only had one mince pie
Hi Yogi
I am indeed and fankoo
I hope you are too 🤗
