I got an email in December last that they had added my report to her current file. And that was after I got the normal one that said they had received it. Other times I’ve reported since I have only gotten the normal auto they received my report. But haven’t heard if it’s been added to her fileThey also haven't responded to me from when I reported her at the end of December. Still sent me an email asking for feedback on how they handled it though
I think they have a bunch on her file. I think they are backlogged but I’d still suggest to keep sending them in
I’m not sure, I know that gifts no matter what over a certain value are taxed. For example, if you won a car on a game show, you are gifted the car but you still have to pay the taxes on it.In theory, if she has a good accountant, a lot of it can be marked as work 'expenses' and she won't pay tax on it and to be fair, if you're bombarded with companies sending you all their goods in the hope of a mention, then it's not fair to be taxed on that .Obviously she can't help it if brands send her free shit all the time (cough cough, she begs for it), but the difference is when she starts selling her free shit on de-pop or when her gifted stuff is given in lieu of payment but for a mention on insta or YT. That is what she should be getting taxed on and she SHOULD be paying a shit load of tax because she gets SO MUCH free!!
In every other industry, this happens.I'm taxed on my private healthcare benefits, on a company car, if my boss wanted to send me on holiday as a gift, I'd have to declare it and be taxed on it. If clients send me cases full of champagne, I would have to declare all of these things, yet influencers seem to slip through the net.
I'm glad the ASA have started to tighten up the rules on them and just hope HMRC clock onto it and looking into them. It's really not that I hate influencers, there's loads that I watch and enjoy, I just hate the unfairness that your every day working person is taxed to the eyeballs on everything when they can basically live their whole lives without having to pay for clothes, shoes, bags, holidays, drink, even damn food!
I’m sure a lot of stuff she can claim as work expenses but it doesn’t mean she can write it all off, and if so she definitely doesn’t have all the recipes. Also, she can easily stop companies from sending her gifts. Quite a bit of influencers don’t accept all PR.
Lydia obviously begs for gifts, sells the freebies, and she should pay all the taxes on it, with how much her company and her have been under investigation, a good move on her would be to playthings by law for the next decade.
Again, I’m not a tax person, this is just my common sense thinking it through, I’m sure someone else would know much better the ins and outs
I couldn’t believe she put up a rant YouTube and a rant on your insta stories on the same day....Know you love a 'that's better' Lyd's.
Like she does nothing outside of her house, how can she have so much to rant about
This may be just me, but he is starting to look more and more like he plays for the other team if you know what I mean.I'd embarrassed if my husband went out looking like thatView attachment 86673
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