The all new dooyoo help thread reloaded!

patman99

Same applies if you are a regular Ebay seller. Mind you, I wonder how many people don't both with self-assessment.

Persoannaly, I used to be self employed, so, despite not being S/E for the last 20 years, HMRC still insist on sending me a Self-Assessment form, So it becomes easy. Just put in the details from your p60 in the 'Main employer' section, and the total amount earned from dooyoo and other such sites in 'Other employers'.

Becles

fengirl wrote: »

Hang on. If your only income is £225 plus £100 pm you are way below the tax threshold.

It doesn't matter if you income is way below the tax threshold. You still have to declare all earnings, even if it's only £1 a year.

fengirl_2

No Becles, you only need to notify chargeablity if there is a tax charge. Otherwise the whole of the UK would be registered with the tax office!
Some of the 'advice' on here is dangerous. You do not need to tell the tax office if your income is under the taxable limit. There is no point in getting into a system which does not apply to you and which its really hard to get out of.

Becles

I didn't realise they had changed the rules. When did that happen?

Becles

Also does that mean self employed people earning under the limit for Class 2 NIC's are automatically exempt from paying, or do you still have to apply for the exemption certificate?

It would be helpful to know as some of the information may be wrong on our mystery shopping thread.

lauraj87

How many hours do you need to spend on this site to earn £100 a month! Seems a good amount, I bet that's a lot of reviews!!

fengirl_2

It has always been the case that you don't need to notify HMRC if you earn under the tax threshold.
If you earn under the NIC limit you have to apply for exemption, but my arguement is that things like mystery shopping are not really a proper business in that you are not investing in anything to resell, or incurring much in the way of expenditure. You are not risking your money, you are just providing a service when called on to do so. Therefore it can just be declared as casual fees rather than as self employment.

Becles

Thanks. I was only earning a few quid a week when I started mystery shopping but the tax office said I had to register and declare it on self assessment.

fengirl_2

I'm afraid one cannot always rely on advice given by HMRC helplines. The staff on the lines have mainly had only minimal training and no experience of actually dealing with taxpayers on a casework basis. They tend to stick to a script.
If your only income is from any type of fees, mystery shopping or whatever, then you dont need to ntoify chargeablility. The SA system is hard to get out of once you are in it and you are stressing yourslef for no reason by being in it.
Obviously if you have other employment, then you do need to self assess but again I wouldnt register as self employed, but just self assess annually as casual fees.

_coco_

I like a lot of people like writing reviews on the two above sites and also love that you can transfer your reviews between the two. I know there are a lot of posts about review sites but I want to enquire specifically about and any review sites out there that are similar to the ones above (no matter the country) and allow you to:

1) review almost anything or a wide range of things
2) allow you to cross post reviews like dooyoo and ciao

oh and decent earnings are always a plus:D