HS1 Domestic trains are a bit busy
"Willms" wrote in message
Am Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:05:36 UTC, schrieb Tom Anderson
auf uk.railway :
That's not the traditional meaning, though, is it? The traditional
meaning is basically a group of upper-middle-class jobs which have
come to be called 'the professions' through custom - law, medicine,
architecture, accountancy, the priesthood.
Originally they were called "the liberal professions", i.e.
professions which were exercised by people with a higher education
hanging out shingle and working on their own, not as part of a larger
organisation.
Freelance, self-employed, private practice are other words
applicable in this field.
The German word is "Freie Berufe", the adjetive or adverb
"freiberuflich". This is of relevance for VAT -- those who are working
"freiberuflich" don't pay VAT. In some professions, one can chose if
one works "freiberuflich" or as commercially as a business. In the
latter case, one has to pay VAT, or rather, charge VAT to one's
customers.
In Britain, you don't get the choice if "taxable supplies" (revenue)
exceed £67k.
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