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Need some advice please 🙏 I'm full time employed PAYE in the lower tax bracket.  I started working as a casual coach driver and invoicing the company for the work that I do.  What is best for me ? To declare self employment or become freelance as I do this work for two companies. Further this am I entitled to claim expenses and fuel allowance to and from the place of work ? Expenses for example, medicals maintaing licences ect. Many thanks in advance.

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  • Dazed_and_C0nfused
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    jobdone1 said:
    Need some advice please 🙏 I'm full time employed PAYE in the lower tax bracket.  I started working as a casual coach driver and invoicing the company for the work that I do.  What is best for me ? To declare self employment or become freelance as I do this work for two companies. Further this am I entitled to claim expenses and fuel allowance to and from the place of work ? Expenses for example, medicals maintaing licences ect. Many thanks in advance.
    What do you think the difference is?
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    jobdone1 said:
    Need some advice please 🙏 I'm full time employed PAYE in the lower tax bracket.  I started working as a casual coach driver and invoicing the company for the work that I do.  What is best for me ? To declare self employment or become freelance as I do this work for two companies. Further this am I entitled to claim expenses and fuel allowance to and from the place of work ? Expenses for example, medicals maintaing licences ect. Many thanks in advance.
    What do you think the difference is?
    I am a bit of a novice at all this as I have never done any form of self assessment as such. I thought freelance was set up a business give myself a business name etc and self employed was just declare earnings, is there a difference on what allowable expenses you can claim for example. Forgive me being new to this 👍
  • Marcon
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    jobdone1 said:
    jobdone1 said:
    Need some advice please 🙏 I'm full time employed PAYE in the lower tax bracket.  I started working as a casual coach driver and invoicing the company for the work that I do.  What is best for me ? To declare self employment or become freelance as I do this work for two companies. Further this am I entitled to claim expenses and fuel allowance to and from the place of work ? Expenses for example, medicals maintaing licences ect. Many thanks in advance.
    What do you think the difference is?
    I am a bit of a novice at all this as I have never done any form of self assessment as such. I thought freelance was set up a business give myself a business name etc and self employed was just declare earnings, is there a difference on what allowable expenses you can claim for example. Forgive me being new to this 👍
    Self employment and freelance are basically the same thing. Have a browse of https://www.gov.uk/browse/business/setting-up


    Googling on your question might have been both quicker and easier, if you're only after simple facts rather than opinions!  
  • jobdone1
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    Marcon said:
    jobdone1 said:
    jobdone1 said:
    Need some advice please 🙏 I'm full time employed PAYE in the lower tax bracket.  I started working as a casual coach driver and invoicing the company for the work that I do.  What is best for me ? To declare self employment or become freelance as I do this work for two companies. Further this am I entitled to claim expenses and fuel allowance to and from the place of work ? Expenses for example, medicals maintaing licences ect. Many thanks in advance.
    What do you think the difference is?
    I am a bit of a novice at all this as I have never done any form of self assessment as such. I thought freelance was set up a business give myself a business name etc and self employed was just declare earnings, is there a difference on what allowable expenses you can claim for example. Forgive me being new to this 👍
    Self employment and freelance are basically the same thing. Have a browse of https://www.gov.uk/browse/business/setting-up


    Thank you 👍. I will give it a read 
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