Dullest thread EVER!

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This is the thread where British people discuss the 2001-2 tax returns they haven't made yet, and support/advise/offer shoulders to cry on.

I'm sorry, I know it's niche. Anyone else out there in this position?

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

yes. its a v dull thread.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 2 January 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Advice is spelt with a c in Britain. That's the only advice I can give you.

(I unfortunately can only talk about company tax returns like P38's, P60's not to mention VAT returns but if its anywhere near as complicated as that I think the literature and the helpline would do it).

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Advise with an s - verb
Advice with a c - noun

(kate told me to say that, she can't type very well at the moment)

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:01 (twenty-two years ago)

(I knew that would happen - still - and advise doesn't make much sense by itself).

Most importantly are you trying to do a proper tax return (ie pay all you should) or diddle it?

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:12 (twenty-two years ago)

it works if its a list of verbs.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah yeah Ed, alright already, I want to know if C wants to diddle his tax or not.

― Pete (Pete), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry I figure I'm contributing to the dullness of this thread, but not in an all too helpful way.

― Ed (dali), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:40 (twenty-two years ago)

you could help me with my sscanner instead

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Why isn't Rebecca on this thread?

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, it was supposed to be a verb. I don't think I do want to diddle anyone, I just want to make sure I fill it in properly. Fat chance.

question 1) how do I find out the current amount of my national insurance retirement pension? I didn't pay any NI between January and April, so I am concerned to get it right.

Thank you for contributing :)

― Mark C (Mark C), Thursday, 2 January 2003 16:58 (twenty-two years ago)

That s/c thing is a common confusion. I recommend that everyone devise a device to help them remember, especially when the words are pronounced the name, as in practice/practise.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 2 January 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

i've read duller threads

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Thursday, 2 January 2003 19:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Aw, thanks Fritz.

― Mark C (Mark C), Friday, 3 January 2003 10:09 (twenty-two years ago)

I've filled in tax returns for ages now and never worried about NI pensions. I never even knew there was one. Unless yer self employed, best idea is just to fill in how much in pension contributions you've made to a company/personal scheme and sod the rest of it. Never done me any harm. But maybe I'm talking about completely the wrong thing as I only ever get sent mine to fill in in april. Hmmmmm. There's got to be something gramatically wrong with that "in in" thing, but I can't think what. Pete?

― SittingPretty, Friday, 3 January 2003 14:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Someone else was talking about the s/c thing recently. it's going to annoy me now til I remember.

are you doing it on-line? There was something on our intranet about what a good idea it was to do it online, which is fair enough until you realise that I work for that firm that until recently had a postal monopoly and need all the postage stamps bought that they can.

Actually, they lose 1p on every letter, so maybe that's why!

― Vicky (Vicky), Friday, 3 January 2003 15:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Advise with an s - verb
Advice with a c - noun

See, my Gr 6 teacher told me this was true, and of "practise/practice" also. But Word always corrects me when I actually apply it. To the point where I started to wonder if she was just kooky. She also taught us that if you end a sentence with a quote, the period should go inside not outside the final quotes. But no one seems to do that either.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 4 January 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Will I ever get to fill in one of these strange forms?

― Ally C (Ally C), Saturday, 4 January 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes Ally, mine's in the post to you. Don't get me prosecuted, there's a good chap.

― Mark C (Mark C), Saturday, 4 January 2003 13:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Word does not always know best, Sundar. Its spelling isn't perfect, but its grammar is far worse. It has a particular irrational aversion to the passive voice. I don't blame its weak grammar much - it must be hell to try to write a grammar checker.

As for where to put the full stop in reagrd to a quote, there is no strict rule. Best guidance is that if you are just quoting a word or brief phrase, leave the full stop outside the quotes, but if it's a longer quote, especially one or more full sentences, put it inside. So: Martin says if it's a short quote, period "outside". On the other hand, he says "if it's a longer quote, especially one or more full sentences, put it inside."

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 4 January 2003 15:36 (twenty-two years ago)

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