Student nanny question

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Sorry I'm shamelessly posting for traffic! I'm planning to hire a nanny/mother's help for a few weeks over the summer hols. If I get a student or recent grad can I pay him cash and then expect him to declare income as self employed or do I have to employ and pay NI?

It sounds like they’d be working only for you and that’s you’d provide work and dictate how it’s done. Therefore they’d be an employee and you need to pay them, deduct tax and NI and pay employers NI too.

Agency if it’s such a short amount of time?

Not an agency but the son of a neighbour.

My nanny is self employed and charges me by the hour and invoices me at the end of the month.

A nanny working in your home must always be an employee.

Whether or not any NIC will be due depends on how much you pay and how many hours they do. You have to pay at least minimum wage. But if the total hours are less than the lower threshold then there may be no or little NIC due.

HMRC advice here.

Thank you all.