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Slashed tyre or manufacturing defect?
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Slashed tyre or manufacturing defect?

2 month old Hyundai Ioniq 6. 2000 miles on the clock and noticed this split in the outside of the rear tyre today. Going to see if Hyundai will cover replacement cost under warranty as I’ve not hit any potholes or kerbs etc so either it’s a manufacturing defect or someone’s slashed it (but it hasn’t lost any pressure). Also does it definitely need replacing and if so do I need to replace both tyres on the axle? They’re basically brand new which is super annoying and they’re 20’s so not cheap!

u/gdawgin — 19 hours ago
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Leylandii brown patch

The leylandii hedge in my garden has developed brown patch in the middle. I trimmed it about a month ago go and this has since developed although the rest of the hedge is absolutely fine. All of the inside at this section is also browner than the inside of the rest of the hedge. I only gave it a light trim and didn’t cut back into any old wood so not sure why this is happening. Any ideas/solutions?

u/gdawgin — 22 days ago
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Installing 2 x 460w panels on metal shed roof

I’m looking to install 2 460w panels on the roof of my shed which has power running to it, then install a micro inverter on the wall inside. I’m just concerned about the weight of the panels on the roof, I asked yardmaster if it could take the weight (40kg) and they just said we don’t recommend it as it will potentially affect the structural integrity. I assume they’re just saying that to cover themselves but they wouldn’t tell me how much weight it could actually support. So I thought I’d post in here to see if anyone’s fitted panels on a similar aluminium shed roof with success. The shed is about about 10ft X 10ft and the panels weigh 20kg each. Link to shed here.

I think it will be fine but happy to be corrected. I’m looking at installing the panels using 3m VHB rails with some 3m primer 94 to increase the bond, this is to avoid drilling into the roof.

It’s the only spot in my garden that is viable for solar panels so I’m hoping I’m good to go!

u/gdawgin — 1 month ago
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I've been using Starling's business toolkit for the past 4 years to run fairly straight forward accounts for my business. I've just moved to FreeAgent and have been looking through previously filed VAT returns and noticed that on all of them the sum of the values in the column "Box 4" on the statements from Starling doesn't match the value in "Box 4" on the summary from Starling. I may be overly simplifying my approach but surely the calculation just pulls all of the values under the column "Box 4" in the statement?

There are some values in there that are ticked "yes" for refunds which I have removed from the calculation as they shouldn't be included in the Box 4 calculation, and some reverse charges which I have left in as I believe they should be included in the "Box 4" calculation.

The discrepancies are all fairly small, under £100. For example for Q2 in 2024 the sum of the values in "Box 4" on the VAT statement is £1750.31. On the VAT summary the "Box 4" value is £1691.64.

I have spoken with support at Starling but they aren't even understanding my query. Their latest response was "Differences between your VAT box 4 and HMRC's records are usually caused by timing difference, input errors, or claiming VAT on ineligible expenses." They've missed the point entirely as the discrepancies are between THEIR vat statement and THEIR vat summary, nothing to do with HMRC.

Pulling my hair out over this as potentially 4 years of discrepancies, unless (hopefully) I'm missing something obvious. I handle VAT myself for the business and just have an accountant to do year end accounts, I've asked them but they just said they don't know as they're not familiar with Starling. So here I am hoping someone on here can help me understand why the amounts on statement and summary don't match.

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u/gdawgin — 2 months ago
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I've been using Starling's business toolkit for the past 4 years to run fairly straight forward accounts for my business. I've just moved to FreeAgent and have been looking through previously filed VAT returns and noticed that on all of them the sum of the values in the column "Box 4" on the statements from Starling doesn't match the value in "Box 4" on the summary from Starling. I may be overly simplifying my approach but surely the calculation just pulls all of the values under the column "Box 4" in the statement?

There are some values in there that are ticked "yes" for refunds which I have removed from the calculation as they shouldn't be included in the Box 4 calculation, and some reverse charges which I have left in as I believe they should be included in the "Box 4" calculation.

The discrepancies are all fairly small, under £100. For example for Q2 in 2024 the sum of the values in "Box 4" on the VAT statement is £1750.31. On the VAT summary the "Box 4" value is £1691.64.

I have spoken with support at Starling but they aren't even understanding my query. Their latest response was "Differences between your VAT box 4 and HMRC's records are usually caused by timing difference, input errors, or claiming VAT on ineligible expenses." They've missed the point entirely as the discrepancies are between THEIR vat statement and THEIR vat summary, nothing to do with HMRC.

Pulling my hair out over this as potentially 4 years of discrepancies, unless (hopefully) I'm missing something obvious. I handle VAT myself for the business and just have an accountant to do year end accounts, I've asked them but they just said they don't know as they're not familiar with Starling. So here I am hoping someone on here can help me understand why the amounts on statement and summary don't match.

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u/gdawgin — 2 months ago