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Cleaning adverts in our village
rusty-storme
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Hi guys, hope you can help!
I'm a mature student looking to boost my income and have come up with an idea to advertise my cleaning services around my village, advertising an hourly rate.
Any ideas on what the taxman would make of this? Do I have to claim everything i.e. register as self employed.
I'm always seeing little postcards in windows advertising services like dog walking and am wondering how legal this is.
I don't want to break the law but would obviuosly prefer a good, old-fashioned 'cash-in-hand' deal.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
I'm a mature student looking to boost my income and have come up with an idea to advertise my cleaning services around my village, advertising an hourly rate.
Any ideas on what the taxman would make of this? Do I have to claim everything i.e. register as self employed.
I'm always seeing little postcards in windows advertising services like dog walking and am wondering how legal this is.
I don't want to break the law but would obviuosly prefer a good, old-fashioned 'cash-in-hand' deal.
Thanks in advance for your comments.
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Bit obvious really but..........
What you should do: Register as self employed. tell HMRC, keep accounts, pay tax.
What happens in the real world: If it's only occasional work amounting to no more than a few quid here and there, then most people would work cash in hand. However you run the risk of someone grassing you up to HMRC. Also if you are claiming any sort of benefits, then you would additionally be guilty of fraud.
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