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Posted by Bill on April 24, 2008, 5:39 pm
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I do not have a workshop I have a shed. If you tell anyone you have a
workshop you asking for trouble. If you have a workshop to some people you
are in business.
Find the letter from the tax man and burn it. Things have changed in the
last 25 years. If you make a profit you pay tax, and the more profit the
more tax. Been there done that and had to pay accountants.
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>> Just had a call & visit from the local planning enforcement officer
>> following an 'anonymous' complaint that I was illegally running a
>> business from home.
>> I suspect that my neighbours (the ones with the noisy dog mentioned
>> before) have made the complaint, as we recently informed them that
>> they were in breach of the Party Wall Act with respect to themachine
>> is perfectly ok as she could see from our website that this is just a
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>> extension they are building, which didn't go down too well.
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>> The good news is that the planning officer (very pleasant lady btw)
>> happily confirmed that having a phone, desk, computer, and fax > local
>> sales office, with the factory and toolroom being 25 miles up
>> the road in Clacton, so the complaint has been closed almost as soon
>> as it was opened. Having a lathe & mill in the garage for hobby use is
>> no problem either apparently.
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>> I suspect that the next avenue of tit-for-tat complaints from them
>> will be excessive noise (although there isn't) when the machines are
>> being run.
>> Has anyone else had problems with neighbours complaining about their
>> hobby workshop, from noise or other activities?
>>
>> Peter
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> Slightly OT. I was once shopped to the tax man by a disgruntled ex-partner
> in my model railway etching business. (He had been fiddling the books so I
> tipped him out). The tax man had a look at my books, and turned out to be
> a model railway enthusiast himself. The bottom line was a letter saying he
> regarded my business as a 'hobby' and provided my actual profit did not
> exceed a particular figure (quite high) he was disregarding it, as he was
> sure I could produce 'expenses' sufficient to wipe out most of the
> positive cash flow which I had. There is always someone out to wreck your
> life if they can. I still have that letter in my files somewhere after 22
> years in the 'hobby' business.
>
> Alistair Wright
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