Maximising income - Mystery Shopping? Surveys? (Part Three)

southernginge

There are loads of bars on RE @ the mo

southernginge

Keith234 GOOD LUCK!

eenysmum

Hi
I understand that the taxman needs to know about this but as someone who is employed full-time PAYE surely I can't declare myself self-employed? How do I go about keeping the taxman happy before the time comes to complete a tax return?

Timmne

You can be employed and self employed at the same time - hence the tax returns having so many 'additional' (optional) pages... you could have 20 employments and 20 self employments if you needed to!

sec79

The below is taken from BBC website today

Undercover team inspects churches

Churches in Telford scored highly with the mystery worshippers

Churches across the Midlands are being checked by "mystery worshippers". The 13, normally paid to inspect stores while posing as ordinary shoppers, report on issues such as sermons, music and the warmth of welcome.
They have been hired by the Heart of England Christian Resources Exhibition (CRE).
Five churches in Telford, Shropshire, have so far been rated by the mystery shoppers, none of whom are regular church-goers.
The idea of the visits on 13 January is to find out how people's needs can be better met by churches in the region.
'Genuinely surprised'
Benita Hewitt, from the Christian Research Association which is organising the study, said: "Although the churches in Telford were given no advance warning, several scored more than 90%, with two achieving 100%.
"Most of our mystery worshippers were genuinely surprised by the warmth of their experience in church and some were even keen to go back for more."
Churches in Telford visited by the team were; St Mary and St Leonard, Wellington Methodist, Telford Christ the King, St Matthew Telford and Union Free Telford.
The CRE, which is described as the church equivalent of the Ideal Homes Exhibition, is sponsoring the pilot programme.
The exhibition will take place at Telford International Centre from 21 to 23 February 2008.
Steve Briars, CRE event director, said: "The project in Telford, and especially Mystery Worshipper in the Midlands on Sunday 13 January, will help us monitor where there are needs in churches."
Anglican Bishop of Shrewsbury, the Right Rev Alan Smith, has welcomed the research.

Dim-Tim_2

I just heard the above on the radio and came here to post about it.

You beat me to it. :rotfl:

Zazen999

Eenysmum
Hi
If unsure, do try and attend one of the Tax office workshops for self employed people; and make sure you notify them about being self employed asap; there is a fine if you don't notify them in 3 months of your first job [I think it is 3 months].
It's not exactly a fun workshop, but it gets you to remember the basics of keeping the records.

thescouselander

Has anyone tried being a mystery shopper? Since I am on flexi-time at work this looks like the sort of thing I could do as I could go off and do an assignment at almost any time.

How easy is it to get this sort of work and who are the best companies to register with?

Raksha

There's a great big 'pinned' thread at the top of this forum all about MS'ing - some good tips etc.

thescouselander

Raksha wrote: »

There's a great big 'pinned' thread at the top of this forum all about MS'ing - some good tips etc.

Ah, yes, so there is, that will teach me not to read the stickies.:embarasse