Police/HEMS line pilot vacancy
...something free from the tax man automatically.....never heard of that before!
Best way to sort it out is to ask BALPA HQ for the BALPA tax hand book. Explains it all and much more.
Best way to sort it out is to ask BALPA HQ for the BALPA tax hand book. Explains it all and much more.
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I'll chase the applications up - pronto. if there are ANY other glitches contact me directly and I will resolve it this end faster than HR will.
Bertie, a little bird tells me (confidentially), that some pilots are receiving this but they are in the serious minority. Most of us (and I include myself) know little or nothing about this tax relief.
Would you care to enlighten us ALL about this 'perk' so that like yourself, other pilots might enjoy the benefits that we are entitled to.
Bertie, a little bird tells me (confidentially), that some pilots are receiving this but they are in the serious minority. Most of us (and I include myself) know little or nothing about this tax relief.
Would you care to enlighten us ALL about this 'perk' so that like yourself, other pilots might enjoy the benefits that we are entitled to.
TC; the tone of your last post is akin to that of a victorian governess! I bet you are a great boss to work under!
Regarding the commercial pilot tax allowance, I have already suggested to Brilliant Stuff how to get further information on this.
BALPA worked long and hard to get this tax break for ALL uk commercial pilots.
TC, you have already expressed your distain of BALPA, so why should I hold your hand and lead you to the answers?
Most people posting here are quite capable of using Google to find the answer.
(Perhaps a "professional" who ignorantly knocks a professional association and appears not to know the difference between a JAA CPL and an JAA ATPL also can't work a search engine.
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Regarding the commercial pilot tax allowance, I have already suggested to Brilliant Stuff how to get further information on this.
BALPA worked long and hard to get this tax break for ALL uk commercial pilots.
TC, you have already expressed your distain of BALPA, so why should I hold your hand and lead you to the answers?
Most people posting here are quite capable of using Google to find the answer.
(Perhaps a "professional" who ignorantly knocks a professional association and appears not to know the difference between a JAA CPL and an JAA ATPL also can't work a search engine.
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Phone your local tax office informing them of your professional pilot status and they will apply the tax code change to reflect the £950 allowance for 07/08.
If you do self assessment then put 850 in box 1.33 and 100 in box 1.35 in your tax return to claim the allowance for 06/07.
If you do self assessment then put 850 in box 1.33 and 100 in box 1.35 in your tax return to claim the allowance for 06/07.
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Max Chat - you're very kind, Thanks. I'm sure many will appreciate that gem of information.
Bertie - if you want to get something off your chest old boy - PM me. This is not the venue for one of your spats. Public derogatory remarks do not a professional pilot, make.
Bertie - if you want to get something off your chest old boy - PM me. This is not the venue for one of your spats. Public derogatory remarks do not a professional pilot, make.
Re.Max Chat's information: the tax allowance is based on commercial standing not just professional status. Some Police pilots, even though working for commercial companies, have needed BALPA intervention to get their allowance (because the tax man said police flying was public service and not commercial flying)
However one or two directly employed police pilots have recently managed to get the allowance, so I guess its up to the interpretation of individual tax offices.
To save TC a simple google search;
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM50050.htm
However one or two directly employed police pilots have recently managed to get the allowance, so I guess its up to the interpretation of individual tax offices.
To save TC a simple google search;
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/eimanual/EIM50050.htm
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Thank you Bertie for the link; it not just saves Thomas time but others. I tried to find this on the internet this afternoon and failed. The trick with google searches is often to use the right keywords; I suspect some (including myself) used the wrong ones.
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Trouble is I now have to commit BALPA Hara-Kiri for revealing the link!
But I'm not sure what was difficult about the right words for the Google search.............
"BALPA commercial pilot expenses allowance"............
..............which with only one further jump takes you straight to the relevant page in the Taxmans expense manual.
Note: the key word in the Google search is BALPA.
But I'm not sure what was difficult about the right words for the Google search.............
"BALPA commercial pilot expenses allowance"............
..............which with only one further jump takes you straight to the relevant page in the Taxmans expense manual.
Note: the key word in the Google search is BALPA.
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Victorian Governesses convention
Bertie, my gratitude was genuine. 
I did not use the word BALPA and I used "tax allowance" instead of "expense allowance". Now, you are quite correct in that none of the words is difficult but picking exactly the right ones can sometimes require knowledge of the exact words or phrases to be used. Thank you for pointing that out to us all!
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I did not use the word BALPA and I used "tax allowance" instead of "expense allowance". Now, you are quite correct in that none of the words is difficult but picking exactly the right ones can sometimes require knowledge of the exact words or phrases to be used. Thank you for pointing that out to us all!
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Thank you Bertie. 
Now I just have to get a particular image out of my head.
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Now I just have to get a particular image out of my head.
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