Should we pay tax?

[frazer_d]

My wife works just 8 hours a week (she does not get any benefits - nor do I) as a self employed care worker. Does she need to inform the Inland Revenue or offer to pay any NI?

[buildersmate]

Probably not, since her earnings are likely to be below the threshold for both income tax and NI (you don't say what hourly rate she earns).
A single person's allowance before tax is paid is around �5200. The LEL threshold for NI is around �60 per week.

[Tom Braider]

It's unlikely that the Revenue would accept that a careworker was self-employed anyway - see http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/esmmanual/ESM40 15.htm - so tax and NIC would be the responsibility of the person she works for. But buildersmate is right; there's unlikely to be any tax or NI to pay.

[Boogie87]

yes she need to tell the inland revenue, She is working so she needs to make the inland revenue aware that she is. I had a casual contract at a mojor uk brand, which ment that some weeks i didnt work and others i worked 7-10 hours, i still got charged NI every week but only taxed if i earnt over �96 per week