Hi I did recently ask this question as per the link below but I'm still really confused!! Need help please
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Business-and-Finance/Question1298351.html
Basically I'd like to help out a local person with her housework (she is looking for a cleaner) but If I do this I want to declare my income although it will be minimal so won't be paying tax on it. It's just to help someone out and get me out the house while kids are at school and for a bit of pocket money.
Anyway I looked into this and if I register as self employed it said I might be classed as employed instead as I would only be working for one person. As far as I can make out, if I were to be classed as employed then the lady who only wants help with housework, would have to register with HMRC as an employer which seems utterly ridiculous to me and I wouldn't want to ask her to do this as she is elderly and really wouldn't understand all this.
I have rang HMRC and have been told by one person there that I would be self employed and by another that I would be employed!!
I'm tempted to just register online as self employed but I would have to give the ladys name address etc and I suppose HMRC would contact her to ask her to register as an employer.
I can't believe how hard HMRC make such a simple job, I really want to help her out but this really puts me off and I would rather not bother.
Does anyone know anything about this please. Thank you.