self-employed term time contract-less than tax allowance

plzhelpmesave!

Hi - wondering if anyone can help with a quick question pls?
i started work in Jan and am working at an organisation that is term time only. Will be working 18-20 hours a week 36 weeks @ fixed rate of £125 a week (paid by BACS fortnightly). I need to register as SE on monday (last week to do this!), but does anyone know if i will need to actually pay any tax. Total amount is less than taxable allowance, so am hoping this means no...
I get child tax cerdit to cover cost of 2 kids at nursery (£180 a week). Does this count as income? Anything else i need to do?

many thanks for any replies

fengirl_2

Child Tax credits do not count as incoem for tax purposes. Its not possible to say whether you will have any tax to pay without knowing what your income was before January.
Are you really self employed? Working for a fixed rate at hours dictated by the organisation at their premises indicates employment on the face of it.

bobby-boy_2

Hi plz lets skip the employed / self employed question raised by fen girl to keep things simple for a moment.

36 x 125.00 =4500 which is below the normal tax threshold. If you did pay tax as an employee because the tax man did not realise that you would not be working for 52 weeks and based his calcs on a 52 week year you would be entilted to ALL your tax back
The self employed thing is a way for your employer to avoid paying Employers NI on your earnings but won't get into that lol.

plzhelpmesave!

Hi, the organisation has told me that they will pay me a fixed rate each week to be there, which they have done. It was done as a trial this year, so hopefully they may well employ me "properly" and create a job for me!
thanks for the replies

fengirl_2

What you have said reinforces for me the fact that you are employed. Employers can't just decide to treat you as self employed for a trial period and then employ you! You are being barred from holiday pay, maternity and paternity and sick pay and the NMW. This is shoddy behaviour on behalf of the 'employer' imo.
One would still need to know your income from April to Dec 07 in order to tell you what your liability is.