No pay advice?

impy78

Hi,

I'm sorry if this is in the wrong place, but I am looking for some advice.

I am a self employed actor, and I am currently working for a company, and I send them an invoice each week for my pay, but they are refusing to provide me with any sort of pay advice. I've asked if they can return a copy of the invoice signed by them to say they have paid me, but they won't as they are "too busy".

What can I give to my acountant as proof of my income?

jamesd

Are you genuinely self-employed or are you simply a short term employee who changes jobs a few times a year? It's a messy area. You need to discuss this with your accountant and perhaps HMRC. The bank account your pay goes into will have a statement that provides proof of income. You might consider opening up a different account to use solely for your business income and expenses and paying your personal account from that one, to keep your business and personal accounting apart.

impy78

Thank you.

I am self employed, and my accountant has registered me and he has everything. My only worry is that they are paying me by cheque, so it will not show up on the account who the money has come from. Without that being stated, would it still be acceptable as proof of income?

soappie

Impy,

As long as you keep a copy of the invoices you will be fine - you can then marry the cheques against the total on each invoice when you do your year end accounts.

It's worked for me for years.

dunstonh

You are not employed. You are self employed. Therefore the company don't have to send you anything other payment.

Think about it when a company sends you an invoice to pay. You send them the payment. You don't in turn write a letter or issue anything else. The invoice is your record of request and the credit to your account in your cashbook is your record of receipt and this ties up with your bank account.