Self-employment registration: contractor or partnership with spouse?

TheOneTrueVlad

My partner has run a business for the past 11 years. I am now unemployed and looking to help her with the business and do a number of other projects as well.

I need to know how to describe myself to HMRC.

To avoid being an employee and all that that creates, I was going to be self-employed and contracted to do the website and marketing side of her business. Looking at HMRC website, there is a special case when working for a partner, which didn't actually say which way the special case put you? An accountant said that was fine as long as I did other self-employed work even if not the same type of work, but HMRC website says that is not true, you need to do more of that type of work. I would like to do marketing and web design for other businesses but that might not come to pass in this tax year.
Looking at the list for deciding:
As a general guide as to whether a worker is an employee or self-employed; if the answer is 'Yes' to all of the following questions, then the worker is probably an employee:

• Do they have to do the work themselves? no
• Can someone tell them at any time what to do, where to carry out the work or when and how to do it? no
• Can they work a set amount of hours? no
• Can someone move them from task to task? no
• Are they paid by the hour, week, or month? no
• Can they get overtime pay or bonus payment? no

If the answer is 'Yes' to all of the following questions, it will usually mean that the worker is self-employed:

• Can they hire someone to do the work or engage helpers at their own expense? yes
• Do they risk their own money? yes
• Do they provide the main items of equipment they need to do their job, not just the small tools that many employees provide for themselves? yes
• Do they agree to do a job for a fixed price regardless of how long the job may take? yes
• Can they decide what work to do, how and when to do the work and where to provide the services? yes
• Do they regularly work for a number of different people? no
• Do they have to correct unsatisfactory work in their own time and at their own expense? yes

I will also be working as a musician and a driver, both self-employed.

I have not found any good information about running a partnership, which looks like it is probably the right solution here. Can anyone point me to some accurate info? I assume we would share the income and retain our own personal tax allowance?

Thanks Vlad