Liverpool PEO - Does it deal with income from dividends?

[Wehi]

Hi Guys,

I have an appointment @ the Liverpool office shortly for SET(O) IDL after 5 years on HSMP then Tier 1.

I notice from reading the board that some of the public enquiry offices don't deal with applications where income is derived from Salary & Dividends (ie. contractors through a limited company etc).

Does anyone know if Liverpool has any restrictions on the cases they will deal with?

Thanks in advance!

[ryan2020]

Hi Guys,

I have an appointment @ the Liverpool office shortly for SET(O) IDL after 5 years on HSMP then Tier 1.

I notice from reading the board that some of the public enquiry offices don't deal with applications where income is derived from Salary & Dividends (ie. contractors through a limited company etc).

Does anyone know if Liverpool has any restrictions on the cases they will deal with?

Thanks in advance!

no you will be fine. but carry TAX details as much as possible. they r keenly interested in tax. In interview show them how much tax you have paid etc

[Wehi]

Thanks Ryan, your reply took some of the stress out of it.

For the record I was successful with my application. The staff at Liverpool struck me as both professional and friendly. I'd recommend that office. Its a much nicer place to visit that Croydon anyway - lots of grand old buildings.

One thing to note - have copies of all your documents - it says to do so in the application form but I noticed at least two people before me who hadn't copied anything and it really slowed their (and those behind them in the queue) applications down as the case workers had to go and photocopy everything.

I offered my self assessment tax form but she said she didn't need it and could check the company tax situation herself so I guess maybe they have some sort of hook up with the HMRC now. I noticed she made a few phone calls during the process while I waited and spent quite a bit of time checking things on the computer.

Now all I have to do is wait for the biometrics card.

[tier1Reading]

Congrats mate.

[ryan2020]

congrats .

please tell me your case details
absences etc ?

thanks

[Wehi]

My case was pretty standard I think. I was on a tier 1 previously so had to show income & that I could support myself.

I only had about 140 days out of the country - all holidays of no more than a few weeks.

My income was from a mix of dividends & salary and I had three kinds of supporting evidence for it and all the bank statements matched up. I had my accountant attest all my dividend vouchers & pay slips.

I spent a while waiting for a case worker to become available but once they had it was decided in a little over a half hour without any questions asked.

[KD1]

H Vehi - congrats.
Could you tell me if the CW asked for any company P&L accounts?

I have my appointment on the 3rd in Liverpool and am also on Tier 1 and a director of my limited company.

[Wehi]

Could you tell me if the CW asked for any company P&L accounts?.

I took my previous years unaudited accounts with me, but she didn't ask for them.

She took:

Letter from my accountant.
Company Bank Statements.
Personal Bank Statements.
Dividend Vouchers (attested by accountant).
Payslips (attested by accountant).

She also took a spread sheet I had made showing each of the payment I was claiming and where to find them in the above documentation along with the one I had made showing all my absences and where the stamps were in my passport that corresponded to them.

Best of luck with your appointment!

[KD1]

Thanks Vehi.