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bestyman

I work as a self employed plumber.

Recently I have been taking my son who is a student to work with me and paying him cash of around £50 a day.

Can I get a receipt from him and claim this as an expense? If so what are the limits? Or should I employ him officially somehow?

custardy

bestyman wrote: »

I work as a self employed plumber.

Recently I have been taking my son who is a student to work with me and paying him cash of around £50 a day.

Can I get a receipt from him and claim this as an expense? If so what are the limits? Or should I employ him officially somehow?

I cant comment on your side but is your some declaring the income?
will be messy as either you or he has to be declaring it to HMRC
just if you declare at your end as an expense then they may look to him as to where the tax/NI is
(im no expert on this though!)

Owain_Moneysaver

You need to employ him officially and sort out tax and NI.

Unless your son is self-employed and recognised as such by HMRC and can invoice you.

If you employ him, i.e. he's not a volunteer, apprentice, intern or similar, you have to pay him National Minimum Wage for the hours he works.

You also MUST have employer's liability insurance in case he gets injured, and supply him with safety induction and PPE as required.

dacouch

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

You need to employ him officially and sort out tax and NI.

Unless your son is self-employed and recognised as such by HMRC and can invoice you.

If you employ him, i.e. he's not a volunteer, apprentice, intern or similar, you have to pay him National Minimum Wage for the hours he works.

You also MUST have employer's liability insurance in case he gets injured, and supply him with safety induction and PPE as required.

Employers Liability is optional in the OP's particular case (Assuming he is not a limited company) although is highly recommended

chalkie99

dacouch wrote: »

Employers Liability is optional in the OP's particular case (Assuming he is not a limited company) although is highly recommended

Thanks for that. I never knew about the family exemption thing until you prompted me to Google it. :T

dacouch

chalkie99 wrote: »

Thanks for that. I never knew about the family exemption thing until you prompted me to Google it. :T

No problem, obviously it's worth taking out E/L cover where possible as if anything did happen to the immediate family member they would be able to claim compensation from the E/L Insurer (Assuming you were liable).

It would be prudent for the OP to add his son onto his policy for Public Liability as obviously there is an increased chance of the son causing damage. Although for a Plumber it is expensive as the claims they cause are very expensive so he will probably decide not to add him.

LittleVoice

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If you employ him, i.e. he's not a volunteer, apprentice, intern or similar, you have to pay him National Minimum Wage for the hours he works.

There's also an exemption from NMW for family members who live in the same household.