Coronavirus - how is it/has it affected you?

SwingsitlikeHogan said:
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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and still they dont have the sense to stagger the deadlines to different people to make things easier for themselves!
 
Well, me boomerang boy is now working from home unless he absolutely has to go into the office to receive or despatch goods ??... Will be initialling a swear box ? and I suspect by the time we can go out into the world again we'll have enough for a good meal out...
 
I have an order placed for Click and Collect from Morrisons. Now my Stepson is going to go and get shopping for us and I want to cancel our Morrisons order but the website has crashed and according to the Morrisons voicemail, nobody can access it, not even themselves. I've till midnight to cancel. Given what's happening elsewhere it's not the end of the world.
 
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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Take care Brian, you're only whippersnapper you should be fine , fingers crossed x
 
I’m a key worker. Leaving to go to work the last few shifts makes me feel uneasy to say the least.
Not made any easier by the antics of Network Rail, Signing into worksites is turning out to be a nightmare. The NWR staff just don’t seem to understand what social distancing is. Being handed paperwork to sign into, when they could just fill it out themselves. Requesting we still meet face to face to sign in, rather than over the phone.
Sunday night I watched NWR install a chunk of new rail. Not a single one of them made any efforts to social distance when they weren’t actively working.
 
Robster59 said:
I have an order placed for Click and Collect from Morrisons. Now my Stepson is going to go and get shopping for us and I want to cancel our Morrisons order but the website has crashed and according to the Morrisons voicemail, nobody can access it, not even themselves. I've till midnight to cancel. Given what's happening elsewhere it's not the end of the world.
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Out of interest, could a taxi driver pick up your shopping for you ?
 
Robster59 said:
This may sound daft but my missus is paranoid about any cross contamination so she'd rather her lad get stuff from a shop she knows.
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I was thinking more of the home delivery service supermarkets do , but can't cope with the high demand just now.
I mentioned it to a taxi driver if they could pick shopping up and he said it wouldn't be worth their while :confused:
 
I'm on furlough as from 1.4.20...80% salary, will do some work from home when I can. But unfortunately in accountancy it can be pretty quiet until May.
 
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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He’ll be due a decent rebate so I suggest you get it done ASAP. Better to have the money in his pocket rather than the HMRC’s account.
 
Slime said:
That is a good thought, if only it were that simple, but somewhat ironic coming from our resident globe trotter!
There are times when it's best to stay silent.
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Think I came out when FCO said it's ok to fly. Maybe the globe trotters at skegness etc at the weekend had a bit to do with it ?
 
JamesR said:
I'm on furlough as from 1.4.20...80% salary, will do some work from home when I can. But unfortunately in accountancy it can be pretty quiet until May.
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Is your Company paying the other 20%?
 
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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Hang tough brother ✊
 
pauldj42 said:
Is your Company paying the other 20%?
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I don't think so, no.

It makes sense for me to be in this situation, as I'm having to self isolate anyway, due to health reasons, so I may as well be one of those not having to go in occasionally etc.

Also, with not going out, not forking out for petrol, meals, golf comp's, lessons etc I shouldn't lose out too much , and it's better than full redundancy.
 
Wolf said:
Have you been on the crack pipe or are you just trying to look like a fool.

These 2 quotes combined make you look ridiculous, you knew all the issues yet you jetted off to Mexico, will have to fly on a confined aircraft with yourself or others being potential carriers yet you have the cheek to tell people we need to stop moving about to prevent the virus moving. On top of all that potential infection you're exposed to your planning on flying back whether that's via plane or on your magical pegasus High horse and have your grandchildren for 3 weeks, exposing them to the risk of whatever you may have brought back with you.

Your daughter is a copper therefore a key worker and as such they can remain at school or the alternative is for them to be with their other parent if as you say both are coppers then their superior can arrange alternate shift patterns.

You should be getting back to the UK and quarantine yourselves as is expected of anyone that's been on international travel. I literally cannot believe you've posted those 2 things you're being either unbelievably selfish or stupid, perhaps even both. Stop telling people what we should do when you do the opposite and don't put your grandchildren at risk man for god sake.
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This is our problem wolf, having checked the Gov sites every day for advice it does not say you have to self isolate. Only from countries that have been affected. And so far Mexico is not one of those countries. If someone has a link we would be chuffed to read it. The situation has massively changed in the UK over the last 24 hrs, so we have to change with it. It is something we know we will have to do. For the record we flew to Mexico, a country the FCO said was safe to travel to, not Wuhan or Northern Italy. The antics of people in the UK enforced the lock down..not the people on the plane I will.be travelling ho.e on
 
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