I had a chance at a permie job last week and it didn't work out (hey, it was a chance) and did two days for which I'm getting a couple of hundred quid a day. So, a small banana.
I thought they were going to put me on the payroll but when we parted ways, the boss said "Just send us an invoice for two days at £200 and add your travel expenses and we'll pay that; it'll be quicker than the payroll". Which was nice.
My LtdCo went down the pan some time ago, So I can't invoice through My LtdCo as it doesn't exist.
I could get a brolly involved but there is the joining cost, processing cost, an inevitable delay of weeks during ID checks and P60s and P45s and them sitting on the paperwork. It'll cost me £ and time this way. And there's no contract. I'd like the money ASAP to cover bills.
I had thought of invoicing as Mr Numpty and pocketing the money, then declaring it on my tax return at the end of the year. That way I get to spend the tax in the meantime on shopping. But I'm not registered as self-employed - so can I do that? And won't they get stung for the employer's NI at some point in the future?
So, how do I get paid if I can't send an invoice? Any suggestions, please?
What happens when someone gets a cash-in-hand job and wants to be honest? (I daren't not be honest; the invoice means there'll be a paper trail!)
(Just to make matters more complicated, I'm signing on so I'll have to tell all the different government agencies about my 2 days work and I bet those buggers just deduct everything I've earned from my benefits. But that's another story.)
I thought they were going to put me on the payroll but when we parted ways, the boss said "Just send us an invoice for two days at £200 and add your travel expenses and we'll pay that; it'll be quicker than the payroll". Which was nice.
My LtdCo went down the pan some time ago, So I can't invoice through My LtdCo as it doesn't exist.
I could get a brolly involved but there is the joining cost, processing cost, an inevitable delay of weeks during ID checks and P60s and P45s and them sitting on the paperwork. It'll cost me £ and time this way. And there's no contract. I'd like the money ASAP to cover bills.
I had thought of invoicing as Mr Numpty and pocketing the money, then declaring it on my tax return at the end of the year. That way I get to spend the tax in the meantime on shopping. But I'm not registered as self-employed - so can I do that? And won't they get stung for the employer's NI at some point in the future?
So, how do I get paid if I can't send an invoice? Any suggestions, please?
What happens when someone gets a cash-in-hand job and wants to be honest? (I daren't not be honest; the invoice means there'll be a paper trail!)
(Just to make matters more complicated, I'm signing on so I'll have to tell all the different government agencies about my 2 days work and I bet those buggers just deduct everything I've earned from my benefits. But that's another story.)
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