Employed / Self Employed

[humpy07]

My brother-in-law (22) has been working for his uncle in the paint spraying business since he was 17. This has always been on an 'informal', cash in hand basis. Since I have been involved in the family, I have constantly nagged my MIL and BIL to declare his income (£2000.00 pm) and start paying NI and Tax.

His uncle, is a bit of conman, and is trying to say that my BIL is self-employed and should be paying everything himself. This is only because he cannot afford to pay the employers NI contribution. There has been nothing in writing saying that he is self employed, and looking on HMRC there is no way that he would be classed as such. Each month he receives a cheque for the same amount, and paid from the same account.

Is there anything that he could do, bar grassing to the HMRC about the way his uncle is running the business, to try and get himself sorted and legal?

Thanks for your help

[factor-fiction]

fully answered elsewhere.
Might be worth closing this question here

[humpy07]

Thanks Factor30 - if only I could find out how to close the question now!

[factor-fiction]

Good point. The facility, which definitely existed for question setters last time I looked, seems to have been removed. I recall some people complained on Suggestions (I think) recently about questions having been closed.