Should I ask HMRC to cancel my self employed status?

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I registered as self-employed last October when I was told of a way to make some money doing some delivery work. I later attended an interview with the company but decided it wasn’t suitable work for me and hence never took up the job and never earned anything from it. I didn’t spend on any expenses either. I thought I would cancel the self employment in my own time by calling the HMRC helpline but always dreaded being put on hold for half an hour... well my procrastination meant weeks turned to months, and now the end of the financial year is here. I have to complete a self assessment at some point. I will obviously be filling it in zeroes for everything. Just wondering if I should just get HMRC to cancel this self employment status or to keep it running in case I do find something down the line to earn a couple quid. I don’t get any benefits or tax credits because household earnings disqualify us from claiming, so my self employment (or not) does not really affect any household income, benefits or tax credits.

I cancelled mine when I did my self assessment in January. You will need to do a self assessment otherwise you'll get fined.

When you do your self assessment tax return, there is a box to fill in if you have ceased to be self-employed. You just put the date you stopped being self-employed in there.