Retired but starting new self-employment

LHW99

My OH already completes a self-assessment tax form, as was a director of his own limited co.

That is now closed as he is over SPA, but this tax year he has been doing some self-employed work.

He won't be paying NI, but does he need to explicitly register with HMRC as self-employed, or can he just addit to the next self-assessment form for this tax year?

Dox

How much profit does he expect to make? You can earn up to £1,000 profit from self employment before it is taxable/needs to be declared. 

Otherwise yes,  he needs to register: https://www.gov.uk/set-up-self-employed

LHW99

Thanks Dox. He will earn more than the minimum, but not enough to be anywhere near VAT registration (thank goodness).

Reason we were unsure is that, using the web address you gave, and following the link for "Register for self-employment" the next web page says:
"If you have to send a tax return and did not send one last year, you need to register for Self Assessment and Class 2 National Insurance" (my bold)

As he has been sending returns for some years, and won't pay NI, we wondered if he was already covered.

AskAsk

LHW99 said:

Thanks Dox. He will earn more than the minimum, but not enough to be anywhere near VAT registration (thank goodness).

Reason we were unsure is that, using the web address you gave, and following the link for "Register for self-employment" the next web page says:
"If you have to send a tax return and did not send one last year, you need to register for Self Assessment and Class 2 National Insurance" (my bold)

As he has been sending returns for some years, and won't pay NI, we wondered if he was already covered.

as he is already registered for self assessment, he doesn't need to register again.  when he completes his tax return, he will need to declare self employment there.