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[nikkie]

I have been offered some work (prob 2-4 hours a week ) interpreting for a child a youth club,
Will be paid by Mum and Dad out of their direct payments money (don't know how much)
just wondered what to do about tax etc?

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wouldn't worry about tax you are only doing 2-4 hours you wouldn't be earning enough to pay tax any way(unless they are paying you £100 hour!!!!)

If you are being paid with the direct payments, I think they have to do it all officially with payslips, tax, NI deducted if appropriate.

If this is your only job in the tax year, it is unlikely that you will be liable for any tax, as you will be earning below the personal allowance. If you have other work, you will need to allocate your personal allowance to your main (other) employment and you will be taxed at 22% on this one.

No sorry didn't make it very clear, this on top of my main job (17 1/2 hrs a week interpreting in a school -same child)

you would still have to notify IR. If you earn more than your personal allowance (about £4500pa i think should be on your tax code) then you would have to pay tax. If so, I would just keep 25% of what you earn to one side, and in January do an online tax return. they are soooo easy, even i can do them

Ok thought this would be right, parents haven't phoned me yet , but wanted to know how I would stand!

i had lots of little jobs all at once. just keep everything and you'll be fine.. enjoy the extra pennies

Yes, it must be possible, somehow.

I guess the parents have no desire to become employers and fill in lots of forms. Nice though it would be, I don't suppose the school would like to take the money and add it to salary.

So I think you are self-employed for this employment, so you have to make peace with the Revenue - it usually works out in the end, but they try to make us all grateful we are on PAYE - as you often end up giving them money before getting it back years later.

There's some danger you might have to uderstand some of this

And then of course just because the school has sorted out the child protection arrangements for your normal job doesn't mean it's sorted for this one ...

Cheer up it will be OK in the end ...

I'm pretty sure that if it's direct payments money, the parents HAVE to become your employers. They should get some support on doing so from soc svs.

various info leaflets on DPs are available here:

www.scope.org.uk/issues/directpayments/index.shtml

Thanks everyone, no contact from parents yet though

Thanks everyone, no contact from parents yet though

oops