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The owner of a laneway at the back of my house has engaged the services of a parking/clamping company who have put up signange and started clamping offenders, including service providers. I presume it is primarily targetting a number of mews houses located on the lane. My question arises out of...

Thank you newirishman. That is what he thought. He's now thinking of remaining registered, and continuing to collect VAT, simply because he thinks being VAT registered makes his business appear a little more established and worthy of the rates he hopes to charge (albeit for limited volumes of...

Mr Optimistic started a sole-trader IT consultancy service and duly registered for VAT. Soon after doing that, he also was offered and commenced a part-time salaried position. Meanwhile, he got some business in his consultancy, and charged the customers VAT. However it quickly became clear...

My mother-in-law suffers from advanced dementia and is confined to bed, and in order to pay for carers that allow her to stay in her home she has to rent out rooms in her house. House Insurers we've talked to allow 2 paying guests (not tenants). She wants to rent 3 rooms, accommodating 4 or 5...

Thanks. The problem is the gas boiler cuts out before it fires up properly. The led display returns an error code which translates to getting an engineer out. I've booked one who will inform me about costs of parts up front...

Thanks Brendan. 2nd & 3rd statements are true for sure. But assuming his revised diagnosis is correct - wouldn't doing his best involve acting upon it instead of walking away - which he informed me was his decision before any hint of dispute arose? I guess that's what I found unacceptable, I'm...

I called out a registered service engineer to fix a problem with heating. Long story short - he took the job on, visited 4 times, tried something which didn't work, pointed out what he thought the next most likely cause/fix might be, but informed me that he would not carry that out in case he...

There's some good stuff at a company called parfreymurphy.ie - see also their discussion Q&As (google them, as I'm not allowed to insert actual link) If I leave aside the ltd. company option in my own situation described above, I'm probably left with choice of either : both my spouse and I...

Thanks both. Maybe the projected scale will not justify a limited company. I wonder would it make sense if we could both register as sole traders sharing a common business name ... and then invoice individually according to which of us delievered the specific service?

My wife and I are thinking of setting up a business as co-directors running from our home. We will both work in the business although it will be mostly based around her profession (psychologist) and so she will be the core-value service-provider with myself adding some complementary services...

I'm going to do probate myself. I'm not a solicitor. I know the forms are a bit involved, but is there any serious pitfall I haven't thought about? (btw, I did get a quote, less than half 10k)

Thanks. That makes sense although there's a complication... the mother has advanced dementia and is not communicating. The daughter has power of attorney for her- she has effectively looked after both her parents on her own and was entrusted with all of this, but maybe nobody foresaw any...

Anybody experienced a situation where somebody is 'loaned' an advance on an inheritence to be repaid at the time when the inheritance is due (when both parents die). In the scenario I'm aware of, the father loaned the son a substantial sum to buy a house, clearly setting out that it was a loan...