Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
He's 27 and has been 'trading' since End April 2018. He did not register as a sole trader until late January this year. He has until End April to submit his tax return for 2018/2019. His income for that tax year will be maybe £14k tops. Even with minimal expenses claimed as tax deductible his tax bill shouldn't be that much. Mind you it will still be too much for him at the moment as his income is now zero...joys...hopefully HMRC will not demand immediate payment.
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Memo to him for future reference, just because you have until a certain date to complete a tax form it does not mean that you should wait until that date. Get them done as soon as you can each year, why not?
 
Just back from our daily allowance walk around the Lido... Very quiet... Understandably the beach area has been cordoned off but they've left the area of the beach set aside for dogs to romp open... So fairly full of dog owners failing to practice social distancing... Also, they were currently fencing off the outdoor gym kit... Puzzled to see the car wash open... Hardly essential...

Also, quite upsetting to see refrigerator units being established in the crematorium car park...
 
We were due to have work start on a new kitchen yesterday morning. Luckily, we had a discussion with them and all agreed that if a lockdown came, we would be in a mess for ages. The gas hob was reconnected and we now have loads of things in other rooms, including a fridge and freezer in the lounge.
Unfortunately, we had deliberately not bought too much food and certainly not things for cooking other than microwave meals.
Managed to get some marmite on Sunday though, so everything is OK .
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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Bri I really hope you haven’t been affected.
Really take care of yourself
Thinking of you bud
Keep us all updated
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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Hmmm...that doesn't sound good at all.
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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Oh crikey - hopefully not the virus and you're 100% soon.
 
Called into the office today and brought home pc/phone etc for working from home. Office likely to completely close today. Not sure about our factories but as our customers (builders merchants) are closed also it seems to continue producing may not be essential.
 
AmandaJR said:
Called into the office today and brought home pc/phone etc for working from home. Office likely to completely close today. Not sure about our factories but as our customers (builders merchants) are closed also it seems to continue producing may not be essential.
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Depends on what they produce. My wife works for a manufacturer supplying the building trade, merchants and DIY stores and are under instruction to keep going as hardware stores (which I assume includes merchants) are being kept open (probably to give people DIY to so to stop insanity setting in).
 
Lord Tyrion said:
It sounds as though it is in his hands then.

It also sounds as though at some point he needs to speak to a business advisor to run himself correctly. I would have thought, for example, that he would have been better setting himself up as a ltd company rather than a sole trader (don't take my word for it, he needs to speak to someone who knows his business, I don't) . If this is your son in Sheffield then go through this site, https://www.syob.net/uk/start-a-business/South-Yorkshire/1608 This should be a council run agency and he will not have to pay for any of the advice or courses etc. He really needs to go through that going forward and get some advice.
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We have been speaking with the Business DebtLine Charity and the TaxAid (HMRC and accounting support if income <£20k) Charity. They have been hugely helpful but I think I may well seek professional accountancy support for him.
 
I’m very lucky that I live near a local corner shop and two well stocked garages so I was able to do my first “lockdown” shop today and get almost everything I wanted including some treats so we don’t get too bored. The only thing I fancied was baked beans but I’ve got my own in the slow cooker now. They may well turn out terribly but it’s only about one quid’s worth of produce lost if so!
 
Oh and Kellfire’s top tip for those who haven’t thought of it - make an inventory of what you have including use by dates for perishables. Yes, some food that can be frozen won’t taste quite as good if frozen and defrosted but it’ll be just as nutritious. Avoid wastage and you’ll maybe be able to stay at home an extra day per week from the shops by using all your food.
 
I'm gonna have to do one hell of a walk/cycle to work off all the crap I'm eating sitting about in the house, almost cleaned out of bourbons and custard creams.
 
GreiginFife said:
Depends on what they produce. My wife works for a manufacturer supplying the building trade, merchants and DIY stores and are under instruction to keep going as hardware stores (which I assume includes merchants) are being kept open (probably to give people DIY to so to stop insanity setting in).
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We produce pre-cast concrete products so yes the building trade but major customers such as Travis Perkins and Jewson are closing all their depots from today.
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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Good grief Brian, all the precautions you've been taking too.
Hope it's something minor, take care.
 
Me and the wife are still working and trying to juggle looking after the children. Wife is a matron on the front line testing and looking after the sick. I’m in nuclear security so that’s 24/7. Worse thing is our children were missed off the list of one that can still go school and all spaces are taken. I wouldn’t send my girls to school full time just the odd day. But work have said I can have an extra 14 days off this year to look after my girl with full pay.
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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fingers xxx'ed its just a cold
 
Hobbit said:
Shopped last Thursday. Last night; fever, dry throat and cough. Threw up about 2:30am. Feel like crap this morning, still with a fever. Chest feels like it stinging inside, front and back. Here's hoping its just a cold... a bit anxious to say the least.
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Really sorry to hear that. I hope it is just a cold. Fingers crossed for you.
 
Lord Tyrion said:
Memo to him for future reference, just because you have until a certain date to complete a tax form it does not mean that you should wait until that date. Get them done as soon as you can each year, why not?
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Indeed. I work for the company and in the team that supported the HMRC Self-Assessment systems - and they'd despair that so many left doing their tax returns for the previous year until the last couple of days - when they had had 9 months or so to do it. This meant that we with HMRC has to scale the systems for the load of 2 days out of 365 - and then scale up support as well as HMRC scaling up their support lines. Madness.
 
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