Simple one here... and difficult to answer - so be careful... Do people understand tax law and the definition of self employed?? DO you realise that 95% of you are in fact PAYE and both you and the Unit are breaking the law??
I hope that all pay tax as I have seen too many 30+ year olds going belly up when TAX catches up...
I might suggest a Poll about this to keep it anon...
comments and suggestions for a poll??
BAJR
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don't remind me, I have to fill out a tax returns form and its been sitting under my bed gathering dust as I don't understand it!
Lucy
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I'm self employed. I did my tax return online for the first time this year. I have to say it was very easy and everything is checked and calculated automatically as you go through. I was to surprised to find out that they owed me money! Submitting the form online also ensures you get any money owed to you really quickly, I had the money in my account within 10 days of sending my form.
Tax is one of those things that catches up with you eventually, so you might as well get in there quick and make sure you claim for everything you are entitled to!!
DD
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i actually tried it and confused myself! Its because I work both sides of the border and there is a reciprocal tax agreement between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and I have to work out what I was paid each week using the exchange rate for that week from euros to pounds (I think). Anyhow if I just turn up at my local tax office and dump all my paylips on their desk do you think that they will do it for me?
Lucy
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You could always refuse to move until someone helps you or gives you the information you need. I've tried that before, and it worked!
DD
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I'm not that assertive I'm afraid! I'm not even sure if the tax officers in England would know much about the reciprocal tax arrangements in Northern Ireland but they'd know more than me anyhow. I have to do them for the last two years rather than one so its even more complicated!
Lucy
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I'm just starting out and have just registered as self-employed for a job that is starting up soon. I haven't got as clue about the tax laws for self-employed etc, I am I doing anything wrong, and should the unit be paying me through PAYE? Please could someone enlighten me as I feel very stupid and in the dark!
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Try
http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/pdfs/ir56pdf for the definitive answer.
Basically if someone else tells you what to do, sets the hours of work and provides the tools (among other things), you are an employee and should be dealt with under PAYE. The unit is trying to get out of paying the employer's NI contribution, not giving you your rights to holiday and a whole host of other things, and presumably hoping to circumvent any other employment law issues. Their insurers might be a bit dubious about the situation also.... If that's how they want to treat 'staff', leave 'em to it.
Don't be a chump - if they want to operate that way, leave them to it. There is lots of other work out there for units which operate professionally.
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What I'd like to know is how to stop being self-employed. I registered as self-employed a couple of years ago, paid my tax and everything, and then got a job with PAYE. I've written to the Inland Revenue to tell them this several times, and phoned them to explain whenever they send something about self-assessment, but they still want me to fill in a self-assessment tax return this year. How can I convince them to leave me alone?
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Fill in your self-assessment form - these are not just for the self-employed you know. If you really were only on PAYE for the whole tax year, completing the form should be easy and once you fill in the form and thereby prove that you have no other income from other (self-employed) sources you will find life is easier. Otherwise, they are paid to be suspicious and quite rightly too, as tax evasion takes money directly off other people such as the low-paid whose only option is PAYE and who undeniably have to pay higher taxes to meet the shortfall caused.
