how to become self employed?

[Rupe]

jimE and rupe, yeah would have to do both if i was to be self employed because of the brigade

 

You can have two jobs, both of which are under the PAYE scheme. One would be your main job and the other part time. So your tax code would apply to one of the jobs, and then you get taxed at the full rate (i.e. with no tax code) on the second job.

 

Like I said before you cannot get a position in a company x amount of days per week on an ongoing basis as a self employed person. Thats called employment. You could do it, but the employer would be liable to prosecution and have to pay all your tax if found out. There are ways round it, some people even go to the extreme of getting their own insurance in order to appear as though they are self employed but this is just madness. The other ways are to invoice per job (or group of jobs) and not per week or day, and of course having all your own kit is a good one, but ultimatly you need to working for many companies, i.e. freelance, in order to be truely self employed.

[mark_goldfinch]

You can have two jobs, both of which are under the PAYE scheme. One would be your main job and the other part time. So your tax code would apply to one of the jobs, and then you get taxed at the full rate (i.e. with no tax code) on the second job.

 

Like I said before you cannot get a position in a company x amount of days per week on an ongoing basis as a self employed person. Thats called employment. You could do it, but the employer would be liable to prosecution and have to pay all your tax if found out. There are ways round it, some people even go to the extreme of getting their own insurance in order to appear as though they are self employed but this is just madness. The other ways are to invoice per job (or group of jobs) and not per week or day, and of course having all your own kit is a good one, but ultimatly you need to working for many companies, i.e. freelance, in order to be truely self employed.

 

yeah im employed in two jobs on paye with the fire brigade being the part time eliment.

[Rupe]

Ah, I see. So you are looking for a tree job to replace your other one? and keep the brigade going part time?

[adbat234]

My god don't mention that you are a fireman and do tree work as well. I once made that mistake and witnessed a mass pre-menstrual rant from a few on here

[Frankie Lawrence]

My god don't mention that you are a fireman and do tree work as well. I once made that mistake and witnessed a mass pre-menstrual rant from a few on here

 

what? why?

[adbat234]

Folks are entitled to their opinions eh ha ha. Dunno mate, its like telling a tree company doing a bit of fenceing is not on. Time of the month was my conclusion

[mark_goldfinch]

Ah, I see. So you are looking for a tree job to replace your other one? and keep the brigade going part time?

yeah just that. i do fibre optic and telephone cableling but hate it. so found what i wanted to do besides being in the fire service and went and done all my tickets, so now just looking for my first job. had some positive replys from here so looking good.

[mark_goldfinch]

what? why?

 

just what i was thinking:001_huh:

[Rupe]

yeah just that. i do fibre optic and telephone cableling but hate it. so found what i wanted to do besides being in the fire service and went and done all my tickets, so now just looking for my first job. had some positive replys from here so looking good.

 

 

Good on you. I didn't mean to be negative, but just remember that an actual job on a permanent basis (no matter if full time or not) should mean proper employment not self employment. If you go down the self employed route but only work for one person when he dictates, then he will be benifiting far more than you, with no holiday or sick pay etc. Until you are able to earn money form your own work, I would look for proper employment if you can.