Self Employed While Employed?

Ok, looking into possibly getting a bit of extra work in between shifts…

I do 4 on 4 (employed) at the moment, and there’s possibly some driving work going where we park our trucks, but it’ll be self employed work.

It’s driving again, but NOT tacho or even domestic regs driving.

It’s port shunting work, so on private land.

Can I do it and still be within my hours (should be, with being 4 & 4), and any info on how to go S/E while employed would be grateful thanks…?

I’m not saying anything about the hours, but it’s perfectly legal to be self-employed AND employed. The Self Assessment tax form has a space where you enter your PAYE taxed income from employment, and another where you enter your figures (income, costs, profit) from self-employment.

Which reminds me…I must fill mine in.

Be sure to obtain advice as to whether you can be legitimately self-employed in your second job. Normally you can only be self-employed if there is a genuine business risk, it’s up to you when you do the work, you provide tools, materials, equipment etc.

In my self-employed job, I sometimes have to go and work in magazine offices. I always I make sure I take my own laptop etc, and am not seen using an ‘office’ computer.

Sounds like bogus self-employment.

theguardian.com/business/20 … ment-curbs

Private land…

Or not, you still have to show the hours you’ve worked by making a manual entry and that’ll put you over the top.

Unless of course you don’t put the hours down as a manual entry… just sayin’ like. :wink:

Not going to expand on the self-employed argument it’s been done to death here. I don’t think you can do it as self-employed. One job and one company doesn’t fit the criteria.

I used to do it about 10 years ago, Had a full time job then had a second job working self employed but paid through a umbrella company (Nova). Had no problem with the Tax office, But I did get sacked from my full time job. Well you live and learn :unamused:

As said above, been covered many times, but here is the official line on self employment:

gov.uk/working-for-yourself
quote:
“You can check whether you’re self-employed:
online
by phone”

Ask those who apply the rules.