16yo Working part time and the tax man.

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16yo DD has just landed a part time job whilst she studies her ALevels. 12 ish hours per week, £6.30 per hour.

What do we need to do, if anything about registering the change in employment? Do we add it to the household income for tax purposes etc? I’ve tried googling to no avail.

Thanks

Well no..of and when she need to pay tax it will be taken out of her pay via PAYE. Her earnings are nothing to do with yours

It's her income not yours, so has nothing to do with your income. She won't pay tax as she's a student and won't be earning enough.

No - each person has their own tax allowance. Tax is deducted at source by her employer and she’s unlikely to go over the threshold for that anyway, so won’t pay anything.
Not sure how her income affects benefits.

"Household income for tax purposes"

What's that when it's at home? Tax in the UK is applied to individuals, not households (exceptions are things like the marriage allowance, even then that's an adjustment to two individuals, not a household).

Presuming she is being paid PAYE by her employer, she will be taxed at source. No need for you to take any action at all.

Wonderful, thanks for the information. I didn’t want not inform anyone if it was lumped together as a household. Great news for her too that she is classed as an individual. She’s growing up! 😊exciting times. That is until she gets behind the wheel of a car! 😨

For tax purposes, even a toddler is an individual. A child actor (for example) is taxed on their income in the same way an adult would be

www.gov.uk/income-tax-rates

Each individual person has their own tax calculated