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Help with tax evasion investigation.

bluelass · 2014-11-17 23:16:41

Someone I know has been reported to the tax evasion authority. Their main day job is working for the ambulance service as a emergency medical technician,however they do some private first aider duties at events footie matches etc and some work as a DJ at discos and weddings on days off. My friend is convinced it could be a…

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chrismac1 Posts: 2,585 Forumite

10 December 2014 at 9:44AM

Well, working back from the 6,700 and making the very worst case assumptions:

20% tax and NI (29% or 40% is possible or even likely in this case) gives £23k of undeclared profit.

If we assume £0 claimable costs whatsoever, and £300 per gig, then we get to 112 gigs.

Taking 40% tax, £400 per gig and £5k of claimable expenses gets you to 54 gigs.

So how many gigs does your friend think were involved?

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