Topic: Can we make off-the-books payments?

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13/02/2023 at 3:04 pm #67477 Reply | Quote
TiredofIt
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I would be interested in others views of an OC resolving in the majority to approve an ex gratia payment, effectively a gift or donation, of a fine incurred by a contractor when engaged by the Committee to undertake work on the common property. The OC obviously benefited from the work and was invoiced by the contractor and paid that, but can they argue a direct or indirect benefit from paying the fine?
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13/02/2023 at 3:07 pm #67482 Reply
Jimmy-T
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Strictly speaking the OC can only pay funds for good or services that directly benefit the scheme. This excludes you from making political and charity donations, for instance. Just get the contractor to send you a bill for “service costs” and deal with it that way.

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