Please please help tax????

hmc256

Hi i have been working for a small company for a while now i get paid monthly via check, i use the company lorry, they pay for petrol, maintenece of the lorries etc and i get paid for how many delveries i get told to do and the distance i travel, i get told a start time and which jobs to complete in which order. I have done the gov employment status helper and it comes out to say i am an employee but i'm not paying tax what should i do? should i complete a self assesment tax form or not??? because technically i'm not self-employed. i'm really confussed my wife cant claim financial aid for Open University as they say they need the record of self assesment tax forms or an account letter but i have neither.

Please please help
thanks

pjclar02

What does your contract with the small company say? Is it an employment contract?

When did you start doing work for them?

hmc256

yeh its an employment contract...
i started in sept

pjclar02

Then you are correct - technically you are not self-employed, you are an employee and your employer is legally required to withhold tax and NIC from you and provide you with a payslip each month.

These payslips should be sufficient to provide as evidence of your income in order to claim financial aid.

hmc256

Thats what i thought...not to sure how to discuss this with my employer but i'm goin to have to as we are loosing out

thank you for replying

Mikeyorks

What were you doing prior Sept? If you were employed did you give a P45 to the Sept employer?