self employed confusion?!

[tomplumb]

Just wanted to know how you register self employed with CIS and UTR number n all that jazz ...

Ive been on the phone to them a dozen times and still dont understand fully! so iv posted this thread to see how other plumbers are registered to help me with my enquiries

also ... what kind of things can you claim for? fuel, tools etc?

thanks guys!

 

[johnmcginty]

Phone up inland rev they do it all for you and put you through to the correct people. It'll take about a week to get your utr number though.

 

[tomplumb]

thanks john! but yeah i have been ringin around jus tired of been passed along tho hah

good to see a fellow plumber from leeds!

 

[Dave]

Hi tom welcome......


some info for you..


Register as self employed

I want to...

We recommend:

• Becoming self-employed and registering for National Insurance Contributions and/or tax (PDF 200K)
  Registering for Tax and National Insurance Contributions as a Self Employed Person.

You may also want:

• Check: does your work make you self-employed
  It's important that you find out quickly whether or not you're self-employed. You may have to pay a penalty if you don't tell us soon enough.

• Starting up in business
  These pages aim to help you understand some of the many things you need to think about when you're running a business, especially the main tax and National Insurance issues.

• ES/FS1 - Employed or self-employed for tax and National Insurance contributions
  Factsheet ES/FS1 helps customers decide whether they are employed or self-employed for tax and National Insurance purposes

 

[tomplumb]

thanks alot for the links ! really worked

 

[davesplumbing]

yeah, that is a really useful set of links...

Thanks