HMRC help

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Hello. I thought I was relatively intelligent until it came to understanding taxes! After waiting over an hour to get through to HMRC I'm hoping a kind person can help me please!

I have a job, which I earn slightly over the tax threshold for. I've taken on a second little side job cleaning a sports hall. It's a few hours per week & I'll earn around £50 per week.

Do I need to register as self employed now? I read I can claim back my cleaning products, do I just keep receipts for these? It's not my own business, just a way to earn some extra cash

I'm starting to think it may not be worth it in the end but giving it a try. The world of HMRC has left me confused!

You will be self employed and you will need to fill in a SA form.

Expenses like cleaning products can be deducted from your turnover.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/tax-free-allowances-on-property-and-trading-income

You can earn up to £1000 from self employment a year without needing to pay any tax.

If you earn more, you can deduct the £1000 or you can deduct your actual expenses, but not both.

It sounds as if you will earn more than £1k and so would end up owing a small amount of tax and if this is the case then yes you should tell HMRC and file a tax return.

Thank you both.

It's a whole new world of confusion for me 🤣

I don’t think you can claim to be self employed, could you, for example, choose your own hours/ not to go at all or send someone in your place?

https://www.litrg.org.uk/working/employment-status/employed-self-employed-or-neither#:~:text=an%20employee%20if%20you%20work,or%20failure%20of%20that%20business.

As you are a tax/NI payer the sports people should really register you as an employee.