Self Employment a Mess Help!!!

LottieBarrett

Bantex wrote: »

1. Are you registered as self employed?
2. Have you submitted a tax return for last year?
3. How are you paid (cash, cheque etc)?
4. Do you invoice for the amount you receive?
5.Have you called HMRC to see what they know about you?

If you are self employed you need to stop referring to your employer or wages.

The reason I refer to them as this is because the i work in a womans salon and she considers herself my boss and when agreeing this all with her when she let me work in her salon she reffered to my pay as a fixed wage. Hence why i am so confused!

People don't seem to understand my full situation I've never been self employed and am only young i seem to have been taken for a ride by my friends parents. I am very confused.

I am registered as self employed, i am paid by Cash, but have never invoiced for the fixed amount each week. I need to ring HRMC in regards to what i have paid for the last two tax years.

paulturner

As said......you need to contact HMRC as soon as possible, they are not ogres they just like people to do thing correctly and they will help you to do just that

dimestorediamond

Hi, I am a 'rent a chair' in a salon. HMRC are entirely your problem to deal with if you are SE. If you are not in control of your hours, your money and your clients, I don't see how you are SE. In my experience, this is just a way for salons to keep their own tax bills low.

Aa a rent a chair, I pay a rent (although I know some places work on a percentage of earnings) and I keep receipts of everything and balance at the end of the year.

You need to phone HMRC and be prepared for a tax bill, but as far as I could read, your salon is employing you and trying to be sneaky about it.

I know how difficult these situations are in hairdressing, and how hard it is to get proper full time employment, so I understand it's hard to sort out, but you really must tackle HMRC and where exactly your bosses' husband has been putting 20% of your income.

dimestorediamond

LottieBarrett wrote: »

The reason I refer to them as this is because the i work in a womans salon and she considers herself my boss and when agreeing this all with her when she let me work in her salon she reffered to my pay as a fixed wage. Hence why i am so confused!

People don't seem to understand my full situation I've never been self employed and am only young i seem to have been taken for a ride by my friends parents. I am very confused.

I am registered as self employed, i am paid by Cash, but have never invoiced for the fixed amount each week. I need to ring HRMC in regards to what i have paid for the last two tax years.

I may be stretching it a bit and jumping the gun, but I think you are being taken for a ride.

It sounds like HMRC probably have no clue about you. He's likely taking part of your wage and keeping it to himself, why else would you never receive ANY paperwork, from the salon or from HMRC?

atolaas

I would check with HMRC. They would have records of what has been paid and if there is anything outstanding. Try the Citizen's Advice Bureau if you are unsure of where you stand with paying tax. If they are unable to help you, they can usually point you in the direction of someone who can. I've used them many times in the past and always had good advice. Good luck to you

Claree__x

What you really need to do is go to the HMRC website and check the employment status indicator tool 'cause it sounds to me that you shouldn't be self employed.

Next step is to log into the HMRC website (do you have log in details) and check if any self assessment tax returns have been filed for you. I'm confident that if they hadn't then you'd have heard from
HMRC by now - if you are registered.

A for hiring a professional, my firm charges £150+VAT for a tax return so it's not something that costs a fortune. At least then you know it's done right.

As a rough sum, if you worked 48 weeks at £250 (allowing for holidays) you should have paid about £500 tax. You paid over £2,000 to this guy.

POPPYOSCAR

If you were registered as self-employed with the revenue they would be sending direct to you correspondence relating to submitting your tax returns.

Have you ever received this?

paulturner

There could be an upside to this.

I am assuming that they have not asked you for recipes for the money they have paid you, so it can’t be proved they have ever paid you a penny!

Bantex_2

paulturner wrote: »

There could be an upside to this.

I am assuming that they have not asked you for recipes for the money they have paid you, so it can’t be proved they have ever paid you a penny!

why would that be an upside on this case?

Derwent

Bantex wrote: »

why would that be an upside on this case?

I think he's advocating that if HMRC don't know about it and there's no proof of income in the first place then why bother paying tax at all.