Rick Lecoat

Designer. Coder. Writer. Curmudgeon. Opinions are, dismayingly, my own.

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@HMRCcustomers Okay I’ll do that. Thanks Steve.

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@HMRCcustomers Q: half way through the tax year my PAYE employer changed the legal entity that was paying me (ie. a different name appears on the payslip). In Self Assessment terms, does this situation count as 1 ‘Employment’ or two?

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@HMRCcustomers (Self-employment being handled later: SURE, FINE. Understood. It’s just the PAYE bit that I’m worrying about and want to avoid making a mistake on.)

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@HMRCcustomers Hmm… but on my P60 for that tax year (24/25) my income is split between ‘previous employment’ and ‘this employment’, suggesting two employments. Before I finalise the ‘tailor your return’ section I want to make sure I’ve got it right. (Ive never completed an SA form before).

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@HMRCcustomers So presumably it counts as two separate employers(?)

Also, would self-employed income (on top of the PAYE job) be treated as an additional ‘employment’ for the purposes of that question (‘Tailor your return: How many employments did you have’)? Or is that classed differently?

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@HMRCcustomers Thanks Steve. My payslip doesn’t appear to have anything like that. I can see my NINo, my tax code, tax period etc but no PAYE ref for the employer. But I just checked my P60 from different years and it appears there and is different.

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@HMRCcustomers I don’t know, I can’t see a PAYE ref on the payslip. I can see a payroll ID, is that the same thing? (Feels like that’s an internal thing)

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@TLRailUK Yeesh. See, it felt, logically, that that’s what would be required but I thought “No, there must be a more streamlined system, SURELY?” Get off one train, go right to the station exit point, tap, go *back* to the platform, wait for another train… that’s just *bonkers*, isn’t it?

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@TLRailUK Q: if part of my journey is in my Oyster zones but remainder is not, how does that work? Do I just need a rail ticket for the bit outside the zones? If so, surely I’m then left having only tapped in (or out—depends on journey) at one end of the journey, not both. ???

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@TLRailUK Well, to give an example: say I’m travelling from Hendon (north edge of oyster zone 3) to, say, Eastbourne, and I have a zones 1-3 Oyster card. Do I only need a rail ticket from the *south* edge of zone 3 to Eastbourne? And how to I ‘tap out’ as I exit zone 3 heading south?

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@BethRigby I’d be surprised if he even has a plan to home, to be honest.

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@ArgosHelpers Thanks for responding Bekki; I’ve tried to DM you but DMs at @argoshelpers seem to be handled by a chat bot that can’t understand the message.

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@ArgosHelpers hi. An Argos customer has wrongly listed my mob number on their account, so I get their sms order confirms etc. Been going on for years and I’ve contacted Argos about it several time previously. Can you pls ask them to correct the error? Can DM w/ more details. Thx

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@easyJet Many thanks!

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@easyJet hi there. Quick question: what is the latest that one can add an extra bag (large cabin bag) to a flight booking? What is the cut-off point prior to flying? Thanks.

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@TfL Thanks, all sorted. I did have to call, as you can’t amend the name on your account from the website (fyi). Cheers again.

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@TfL re. ULEZ scrappage scheme: my driving license and logbook give my name as Richard, whilst my RUC account uses the shorter form ‘Rick’. I presume this will NOT prevent me from applying? (It’d be silly to create a whole new RUC account just for this).

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@LukeMiani genuine question: do you think the price of (3rd party-sourced) iPhone 13 minis will FALL (b/c it’s an older phone) or RISE (because it’s the only option for a small phone and no longer on sale direct from Apple) once iPhone 15 arrives?

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Ugh. Fuck U, Lez.

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And reply there came none.

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.@Pret can you please explain why there is never any notification sent out to existing subscribers before your subscription price increases? It’s gone up twice in the last year, by £5 each time. No prior warning was given on either occasion. Why not?