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  Richard Gadsby February 8, 2017 at 3:00pm

  Not for you I'd imagine for him probably.
  Just to quantify I've no legal training:)
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    Mark Hunter > Richard Gadsby February 8, 2017 at 3:41pm

    I do this for many clients that have a 'home office'. I would think it more important that you only make the bill out to the business if he pays you from the business account with the same name. Of course, you could make it out to him personally and he could claim on expenses.
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  Richard Gadsby February 8, 2017 at 3:39pm

  Changed my mind:) I don't think it's a problem for either of you. As long as he's not trying to claim it as a business expense and therefore pay less tax it's no one business if he make his own business pay rather than himself.
  Again just my thoughts
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  Thermo February 8, 2017 at 4:49pm

  as long as you are declaring everything its fine. what he does with it and what risks he chooses to take is up to him
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  Gary RK February 8, 2017 at 5:12pm

  No problems as far as Ive ever come across. As long as your invoice stands scrutiny with HMRC, what your client does and how he decides to pay is his concern ( as long as no money laundering takes place and/ "or you're knowing complicit)
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  Busy Bee Garden Services Limited February 8, 2017 at 7:17pm

  Hope not most of my big clients have the works made out to businesses for personal or security reasons and none of those are anywhere near the home address.
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  Gary RK February 8, 2017 at 9:32pm

  I think the HMRC issue will likely be with the Client passing off personal expenditure (ie you're doing the Bosses garden ) as Company expenditure thus bypassing the client's P11D - Benefit in Kind liability

  It's an issue for the Client.
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  Andy February 8, 2017 at 9:40pm

  This is perfectly acceptable. For a number of years I worked on a regular basis for a "Media type person". I cut their (extensive) lawns at their lovely house and would present a monthly bill invoiced to their company and delivered through the office door which was in another town away from their home. i was assured by the accountant that this was perfectly acceptable. How they choose to pay it was their affair.
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    PGM > Andy February 8, 2017 at 9:51pm

    Just shows what I know then hey :)
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  PGM February 8, 2017 at 9:41pm

  To me (and this is not based on any relevant training just my own thoughts) it seems like it is not all above board. Any invoice made out to a business and that gets paid by the business will surely go through the accounts and be classed as a business expense and so reduce the amount of tax that company pays. If the work is purely for the residential home of somebody who works for/owns the company then I would say it is not right. Whilst I do not think you could get in any trouble for it, to my mind the individual asking for the invoice to be amended is doing this to save on their tax bill. As stated i'm not even remotely qualified and could be totally wrong! Maybe there are many legitimate reason to do it.