It’s official, I’m now registered as self-employed.  It may have been just a phone call, but felt like a momentous event.  If you’ve ever felt worried about ringing up HMRC with any questions, you shouldn’t, they were extremely helpful and happy to explain everything.  Having run through the basic information I needed to provide them with, he chatted through the various options on paying NI, income tax and exclusions I may be eligable to apply for.  I’ve now got lots of free information making it’s way to me in the post, which mean I should by fully prepared to deal with all my legal  obligations without any surprises.

The tax man has a bad image, but it’s not deserved - he’s a very nice man.

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