Comments | phil99: Tonight, I have....

phil99

Tonight, I have....

Mar 03, 2006 00:07

Sent off 3 emails/covering letters to agencies along with CVs, applied for a further 2 jobs through CWJobs and another one off another site whose name I can't remember. These are all for jobs in the North West - Warrington, Cheshire, Manchester. It's all good, right ( Read more... )

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Comments 4

erming March 3 2006, 11:47:44 UTC

I've read about this for a bit via philstorry's friends page and one thing I keep wondering...

You got paid £1,500 quid, BUT with all the extra mileage your doing surely a fair chunk of that goes in depretiation on your car and additional servicing costs because it is being used more.

And well for the amount of work it involves for the given amount of time taken is it really worth it?

phil99 March 3 2006, 12:01:01 UTC

A lot of the car depreciation is "paid for" (yeah right) in milage expenses. Also, I can claim 40p/mile as tax relief so I get taxed a lot less on my profits if I drive lots. Also, a lot of work I do is local and walkable, or 'en route' to somewhere I either have to or want to go, so I console myself with that ( ... )

phil99 March 4 2006, 10:05:52 UTC

I had a second thought about this late last night which I wanted to write here too.

The money doesn't take into account the goods and services I get out of it. For example, I have a year's gym membership worth around £800 for free, I have had several meals out paid for (both me and a partner), I have more post ofice goods (prepaid electric meter tokens, stamps, savings stamps) than I can shake a rather large stick at. I have some clothes paid for. I have had eye tests and had a chance to get glasses. I've even had petrol paid for. If you're 'in with' the right companies you can get holidays at butlins paid for. (though why you'd want to is beyond me?)

All this stuff doesn't show on my records, but (some of) it is stuff I need and would need to buy anyway. And because it's all essential to do the job, is classed as expenses and non-taxable.

erming March 4 2006, 14:03:03 UTC

Ah, thats more like it...

Just seemed to me that all the extra milage had knackered the car, and well your fixing costs were quite high.

I was just reckoning that although it might take you half an hour to do a job, it takes you a while to get there, etc so the effective rate including travel time is lower.

Ah well, I was just curious as to if it was any good, etc.