Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys?

whatatwit wrote:

Yes, you do have to register as self employed, just keep a record of all money coming in and any mileage that you do or other expenses.

Bai are at https://www.baidata.com (or something like that)

When you register, you should get offered a free course which is about 4 hours long and well worth going on. You get advice and a booklet so that you know what you can and cannot claim as tax deductable and which records you need to keep.
eg: The sort of info I picked up
Mileage rate for tax purposes is 40p/mile but if you are working from an office then you can't claim home->office and office->home. Example given was that a cleaning lady who worked from home couldn't claim from home to first house because it was a regular weekly thing but could claim from 1st to 2nd etc but beautician could claim because she goes to different places every time.

full-time-mum wrote:

I've now done 5 assignments and am beginning to think that maybe the effort is not worth the pay. I wasn't expecting anything more than pocket money but I am an adult and expect adult pocket money not a childs!

I spent nearly 2 hours in a well known DIY place yesterday plus another 1/2 hour on paper work for £10 and no petrol allowance and that was one of the better paid jobs.Grocer shop one would have cost me more than I got back if I wasn't already going in the first place.

:eek:

you might find that you get faster with the questionnaires as time goes by,they take me no time at all now

If its the DIY store i do regularly with Grassroots ? there is no way you should have taken 2 hrs plus another 30 mins on the questionnaire !!!

Im in store for about 30 mins then another 15 mins on the questionnaire

Hi everyone,

I'm new to mystery shopping and I'm really sorry but I haven't got time at the moment to read back through the thread (I'm sure the answers are in there somewhere).

Would someone be kind enough to answer a couple of questions for me?

I did my first mystery shop (Grassroots) a couple of weeks ago and I now have another two booked -I need to sort this tax malarky out - how do I go about it???

One of my two that I'm waiting to do (again Grassroots) has a spend of £40 on it (in a shop). I can't see anything that says if I have to return what I buy to Grassroots or do I get to keep it??

Many thanks to anyone who can help me
ps. This MS is fun - hope I get some restaurants soon :j

Thank you Rachie B - it says I will be reimbursed the £40 when I get paid for doing the MS - can't see anything on the brief about returns?

Also, I work full time - am I registering for Self Employed as well?

HI,

I have my first assigment with grassroots on sat and I just wanted to check that I have to type in the answers to the questionnaire online? Does the questionnaire that they email you appear on the website and you just type in your replies? Bit worried it's going to take ages...

Thanks,

BFx