SELF EMPLOYMENT

(Updated 21/07/2023)

Working for yourself:

If you have a small business, you may be a sole trader. This means you’re self-employed.

Running a business:

You’re probably self-employed if you:

  • run your business for yourself and take responsibility for its success or failure
  • have several customers at the same time
  • can decide how, where and when you do your work
  • can hire other people at your own expense to help you or to do the work for you
  • provide the main items of equipment to do your work
  • charge an agreed fixed price for your work
  • sell goods or services to make a profit – including through websites or apps

You can be both employed and self-employed at the same time, for example if you work for an employer during the day and run your own business in the evenings.

Registering as self-employed:

If you’re self-employed, you may need to set up as a sole trader.

Help From Citizens Advice Tax Team:

Citizens Advice IW have a Tax Team who can help self-employed persons with a range of issues.

We can help you to register with HMRC and help you to set up a Personal Tax Account.

We can provide digital coaching for online self-assessment tax returns or for clients who are unable to access digital services, we can complete paper self-assessment tax returns. We will also advise you how to keep your records.

Citizens Advice Tax Team is an entirely free service.

For more information please click here or email us at taxteam@iwcab.org.uk or phone 01983 823898 ext:2836 or call/text 07702803274

Helpful Links:

gov.uk/topic/business-tax/self-employed

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