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Self employed help
mumtothree1990
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My husband is self employed and I do all of the paperwork, book keeping, website and advertising etc. Is he able to pay me say £60 a week for this? If so, is it as simple as me setting up as self employed and him declaring the money paid out as an expense on his tax return? He is a sole trader.
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thank you
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He needs to register for PAYE and employ you - HMRC won't swallow that you are self employed. Not nearly as scary as it sounds. See https://www.gov.uk/register-employer. HMRC provides excellent free payroll software you can download.
Whether he can pay you £60 a week depends on three things: whether his business earns enough to support that level of payment; whether you actually do enough to 'earn' it (and of course it must be at a least minimum wage...); and how good you are at negotiating!!
The cost of employing you then becomes a business expense like any other.
Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!1 -
He'll also need to pay you holiday pay and set up a pension plan for you, but it's really not that difficult to do any of this. If he has an accountant, worth getting advice from them.Signature removed for peace of mind0
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Pension not required at this level of earnings, nor is employer required to contribute even if the employee asks to join a pension scheme. Whether it makes sense for OP to contribute to a pension is another matter, of course.Savvy_Sue said:He'll also need to pay you holiday pay and set up a pension plan for you, but it's really not that difficult to do any of this. If he has an accountant, worth getting advice from them.Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!1 -
You could legitimately be self employed if you offer the same services to other people as well. It's probably worth speaking to an accountant.0
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Except OP clearly isn't doing that, added to which HMRC are much harder to convince when a 'client' is also a spouse.Petriix said:You could legitimately be self employed if you offer the same services to other people as well. It's probably worth speaking to an accountant.Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!0 -
Is this for tax reasons?0
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