Wtc

dmg24

JessicaF wrote: »

The only requirements in the WTC regulations are:

1. Work is done in expectation of payment
2. work is done for a certain number of hours
3. Work is expected to last at least 4 weeks

For a self employed person - the number of hours is the number they normally perform for payment or in expectation of payment.

I cannot see anything in those regulations that mention the requirement for an agreement for payment in relation to self employed.

So i cannot see why her mystery shopping would not count - ebay trading does.

Jess

I didn't say that MS does not count (if I did, please show me where!), afaik it does. It is daily clicks and surveys that do not.

astralbee

dmg24 wrote: »

You must be stupid if you do not understand the word or. :rotfl: :rolleyes: :rotfl:

You did not suggest any legitimate way that daily clicks or surveys could be used as income for the purposes of tax credits.

No, I am not stupid. At least that wasn't the reason I stopped working for Inland Revenue.

A friend of mine earns £40 a month from clicks. This is paid into his bank account each month. As you say, there is no formal contract and yet he still earns this money. In a similar way, there is usually no written contract between say, a window cleaner and his clients.

For accounting purposes, hours are irrelevant. No accountant asks a client how many hours he worked - all that matters is income and expenses. Tax Credit assessment differs from taxation in this respect because of the 16 hours remunerative work rule.

I don't doubt that there are hundreds of people out there who get anything from a few pence to a few quid a month from web advertising and do not declare it to Inland Revenue. The original question asked here was not a moral one. It was a person who was already doing some self-employed work and was asking if they could count the hours from another kind of work. I guarantee you that if you sent a claim to WTC as a self-employed person, supplying accounts showing income expenses relating to web advertising they would have to accept it.

If you are correct, then people that earn £40, £100, or £1000 a month do not need to declare this to the tax office!! Ridiculous!! All income must be declared.

callow

I claim WTC based on working as a mystery shopper and working for AQA.

I prefer to do mystery shopping and then top up my hours by doing AQA. For example in the school holidays I don't do much mystery shopping so I do a lot of AQA. You can also take up to 4 weeks holiday, which I usually take in August, but as I visited family overseas for 4 weeks around Easter I can't take another holiday this tax year.

I keep a log of all my jobs and a diary so if questioned I can easily show what jobs I have done. I also include looking for work, keeping my books up to date and trips for post or stationary in my hours. It all adds up.