HELP! Deliveroo Self Employment

adunkley92

Hey, I recently started working for Deliveroo as a self employed delivery rider and have no idea how or what I am supposed to do in regards to tax and N.I.
Any advice appreciated

Thanks

Darksparkle

https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader/register

adunkley92

Thank you

eamon

I think you will struggle to make a living. The business model is really one sided. This article is from Dec 2015
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/dec/17/deliveroo-gig-economy-human-cost
And from this month
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/jun/15/he-truth-about-working-for-deliveroo-uber-and-the-on-demand-economy

w211

They should be able to help you set up being a self-employed sole trader with regards to tax and NI, and advise you as such. I'm sure they have plenty of riders working for them, who become self-employed for the first time.

Also consider, if you're on a scooter, you've worked out the running costs over the long term (i.e. insurance for the carriage of goods (food) for hire and rewards, servicing, petrol, clothing, etc). They also don't guarantee you work, I understand they only pay you per drop. Furthermore consider you only get paid when you work, so need to cover for sickness and holidays.

bugslet

And aren't HMRC looking into this kind of self employment where you work for one company, sure I read that they were.

paddyrg

HMRC are very suspicious of a lot of these schemes - I think they'll tolerate it upto a certain income, then act.

Darksparkle

bugslet wrote: »

And aren't HMRC looking into this kind of self employment where you work for one company, sure I read that they were.

They do but can't look at everyone.

Feral_Moon

Darksparkle wrote: »

They do but can't look at everyone.

Theresa May is personally looking into this type of bogus self-employment. Frank Field is currently compiling a dossier on Hermes and HMRC will be taking a closer look at their "self-employed" courier model. It is likely they will also face the Work and Pensions select committee to answer questions.