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Christmas meal dillemma
- Thread starter Smiley Miley
- Start date
They still won't care!
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
25 people agree to helping you for a free meal...........the other 7 post on NSC and are frankly miserable expectant ungrateful lazy buggers...as you were..............TAXI !!!!!!
Really? I suspect there are thousands of firms up and down the country contributing to their staffs xmas do. Think there is a £150 tax exemption per head for xmas parties.
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Put a picture of her on the wall, explaining why the gig was cancelled.
So how much does the actual meal cost then as £1 tip from each person seems a bit light? Isn't a tip normally about 10%?
Also, just to clarify, did the others know your admin fee was including your meal or did they think it was just for the tip?
alfredmizen
Banned
- Mar 11, 2015
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The more I think about it , the more I think the OP is a bit of a tosser for trying to sneak a free meal .
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Ooooh, split views. Needs a poll.
Insel affe
HellBilly
Really that's intresting, I wonder how many unscrupulous bosses claim that back and either ding spend that much or nothing at all. Any decent accountant must know that then I'm guessing.
aftershavedave
Well-known member
i've just come out of nsc retirement to post on this thread.
he's not a bit of a tosser he's a complete one.
a little bit of admin to book a party and expects everyone to pay for him? it's hardly that hard is it
i say: good on the woman complaining she's freaking right to!
aftershavedave
Well-known member
you can only claim what's been spent so there's no money to be made
SUA Seagull
Well-known member
https://www.theguardian.com/small-business-network/2013/dec/16/tax-deductions-christmas-party
That is correct. An employer has a fair degree of flexibility too - the £150 per head is a maximum for the year for food/booze/hotels/taxis and can cover other events during the year too, subject to the £150 aggregate cap. Surprisingly, it can cover non-staff too (clients/partners), as long as the majority of partygoers are staff. So if your boss arranges a cheapo works-funded Xmas party, make sure you get him or her to fork out for a summer barbecue too!
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
alfredmizen
Banned
- Mar 11, 2015
- 6,342
spot on.
yxee
Well-known member
It seems fair enough... I don't think the organiser is entitled to a free meal, especially paid out of everyone elses pockets. Doesn't seem right to me, I wouldn't be happy if someone automatically added that on to my own bill. The company should pay if anyone.
GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
Do the meal,pay your way and pay the chef to laxative every bodies meal...
And enjoy.
And enjoy.
Last time I had a subsidised Christmas do was 1977. I've worked for numerous employers since then, both public and private, and apart from a bottle of sherry in 1980 or 81, have had no Christmas treats. Christmas 'dos' or lunches - all had to be paid for; no such thing as a free lunch (or drink!). Of course, for merchant bankers in the city it's probably still different - but the world of high finance isn't the world that most of us inhabit.
