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The budget

Discussion in 'The Dive' started by Bookangel, 8 Mar 2017.

  1. Bookangel

    Bookangel Administrator Staff Member

    This is here so people can be blunt about it. Unless things change we will have to close the site in April 2019. We can't do quarterly returns, and as a club already running at a small monthly loss we certainly can't afford the extra costs it incurs. To give you an idea, those costs are higher than the site's entire historical income.

    No, non-profits, hobbies, and clubs are not exempt from these requirements.

    If anyone has any ideas, let us know. Otherwise we'll keep going to the deadline, but then we close. A shame after ten years and 30,000 books.
     
    Last edited: 8 Mar 2017
    Bookangel, 8 Mar 2017
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  2. tirial

    tirial Member

    You've missed possibly the fastest amendment in history as they've just added that companies with turnover under £10,000 won't be affected.

    Unfortunately, go over £10K and that's an instant £4,000 in new equipment, OSs, software, training, security (do NOT have a government app on your main machine, I've seen how they are coded and it's not pretty) accountancy fees unless you think you know business tax law, and three days, 4 times a year with no work done to get it into order.
     
    tirial, 8 Mar 2017
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  3. porridge

    porridge Member

    Time for a "You Fucked Up" chant.

    Looks like even the Tories can't stomach this un. They've just gone bonkers over the NI rise, and good for em.
     
    porridge, 10 Mar 2017
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  4. Kindler

    Kindler Active Member

    Are they trying to lose the next election - what do they know that we don't?

    I thought Osborne's Omnishambles was bad enough, actually it was worse see Pasty Tax, but this one is right up there.

    And yeah, there is something very wrong with the PM when she laughs, have you seen the videos.
     
    Kindler, 10 Mar 2017
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  5. atry

    atry Member

    They've just cancelled the NI increase.
     
    atry, 15 Mar 2017
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  6. Kindler

    Kindler Active Member

    Hahahahahahahahaha etc. etc.

    Odds on Hammond still being Chancellor when Brexit occurs?
     
    Kindler, 15 Mar 2017
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  7. Terry

    Terry Member

    That is a real humiliation for the government. Not such a bad thing, it can always do with being taken down a peg or two no and again.
     
    Terry, 15 Mar 2017
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  8. Tregaron

    Tregaron Member

    Do they have a qualified alternative?
     
    Tregaron, 25 Mar 2017
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  9. Kindler

    Kindler Active Member

    They probably do, but IIRC Hammond is a close buddy of May and a safe pair of hands with no political aspiration.

    Of course with everything going on and the backtracking, and with the Brexit stuff coming up, the world seems to have generally forgotten about it.

    He's going to be one of those lucky chancellors isn't he?
     
    Kindler, 25 Mar 2017
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