Newth Talks Tax: Penalty for not registering as self employed

Sarah disclosed that she had been approached by a potential client who had been self employed since April 2006 in her query of 4 December 2007.The individual stated, initially, that he had not paid any tax on the self employed earnings or Class 2 NIC.

The client wished to file a tax return for 2005/2006, when he was employed, in order to obtain a tax repayment, and then file in-time tax returns for 2006/2007 and 2007/2008.

The client is a trainee plumber and he had minimal records.

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