Timeline for Working self-employed in England
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| Jan 6, 2015 at 14:03 | comment | added | Francis Davey | Within employment law "contracting" doesn't unambiguously mean "short-term employment" in fact it usually means the opposite I'm afraid. There's no real legal distinction between short and longer term employment as a matter of status which is what matters for tax and immigration. You acquire more rights after various periods of time (like 2 years) but it is misleading to think of "contracting" (in your sense) as a separate category. The important question from a tax/immigration point of view is "is this person employed" or not? | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 8:52 | comment | added | Berislav Lopac | Of course, IANAL, so make sure to confirm with authoritative sources before acting based on above information. | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 8:51 | comment | added | Berislav Lopac | Essentially, any business relationship is based on some kind of a contract, so this is not the discerning factor. Generally, there are three main types of working relationships: freelance, where you work on your own, usually for several clients; full employment, where you work as part of the company; and contracting, which is basically the same as employment only with short contract times (generally less than a year). With employment, the remuneration is usually agreed on an annual basis, while with contracting it's daily. In terms of taxation, only freelancing is considered self-employment. | |
| Jul 2, 2014 at 8:46 | comment | added | Berislav Lopac | There is a fine line here, but in most cases I would say that it is easy to discern. As the linked site states, people are considered "self-employed if they're in business on their own account and are responsible for the success or failure of their business". For example, if you do the work from home (as opposed to your client's office), using your own equipment and if you can give the work to someone else but remain responsible for its execution, you would be considered self-employed as a typical freelancer. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 22:30 | comment | added | Deniz | Thanks for the input! However, I got really puzzled after reading your last comment. If doing freelance work on a contract (contractual work) is not considered self-employed, how can a person possibly be a private tutor or an interpreter for a company? There has to be some sort of paper stating your tie with the place you are working for. Call it a contractor or a freelancer, that self-employed individual will be given an official agreement/contract for the services s/he offers. Am I wrong here? @berislavLopac | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 17:51 | comment | added | Berislav Lopac | Also note that a contractor is not considered self-employed -- it is basically just a short-term employment. | |
| Jul 1, 2014 at 17:50 | comment | added | Berislav Lopac | As I understand, if your visa allows only self-employed work, then you are not allowed to work as employee or contractor, even if you have your own business. | |
| Jun 30, 2014 at 22:03 | comment | added | Deniz | Thanks for the effort to look it up. As far as I understand from that site, one can be officially self-employed and still do contractual work legally just like an IT consultant, freelance translator/interpreter or a private tutor. I guess it all depends on the company/client and what sort of a person they want to do business with. @BerislavLopac | |
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| Jun 30, 2014 at 8:57 | history | answered | Berislav Lopac | CC BY-SA 3.0 |