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[Jonathan]

So you pay VAT on the £6 -£7 per hour you charge then ?

VAT is a tax levied on goods and services. I pay VAT on the things I buy, which a business may not have to. Surely I do not qualify for VAT because:

'When you must register for VAT:
Your turnover for the previous 12 months has gone over a specific limit - called the 'VAT threshold' (currently £77000)'

Plus it says I don't pay income tax below £2710, so that doesn't apply to me or many of the 'garden shed brigade'.

You are working out of a shed that mummy and daddy are paying all the expenses for and you are trying to tell registered business's how to do their job ?

Please don't jump to conclusions, sadly that is no longer the case.

[JAZZCNC]

VAT is a tax levied on goods and services. I pay VAT on the things I buy, which a business may not have to. Surely I do not qualify for VAT because:

'When you must register for VAT:
Your turnover for the previous 12 months has gone over a specific limit - called the 'VAT threshold' (currently £77000)'

Plus it says I don't pay income tax below £2710, so that doesn't apply to me or many of the 'garden shed brigade'.

Nope any business pays Vat just the same has you, diference being they can claim it back. . . BUT they must then charge VAT on any labour or product sold. . . .Either way the Customs and excise want there cut.!! . . . . Mess with them and they bite hard.!!

So if your so sure then get intouch with Inland revenue and tell them all your undeclared earnings, I'm sure they won't mind you not paying tax on your £7 hourly rate because your working out the shed.!!

Being self employed I see John S point completely regards costings and UK business pricing. I'm also one of the first to condem Uk business's for ripping UK buyers off but in this instance I don't think this company is doing that if the machine turns out to be all that it's made to appear.? . . . Thou I do suspect that won't be the case.!!

Oh and the machine in the U-tube video was actually using belt drive not R&P.!!

[Jonathan]

Oh and the machine in the U-tube video was actually using belt drive not R&P.!!

Fair enough, I was wrong - it is belt driven. That makes it worse, so lets hope it's ballscrews for the five grand.

[JAZZCNC]

Fair enough, I was wrong - it is belt driven. That makes it worse, so lets hope it's ballscrews for the five grand.

Not really.!! Belt drive is far more accurate than R&P unless high quality precision ground which is expensive so defeats the point when building a cheap machine.

But yes for 5K I wouldn't expect or want either.!! . . . I actually suspected the original Ebay machine used R&P on the Y axis has I couldn't see any signs of motors or screws but now I'm thinking it may use belt drive but again either isn't good enough at 5K.!