I earn 拢31 a month from 3 separate companies for cleaning offices?

Two have paid their 拢31 by Company cheque other has paid cash i am not on any of their payroll as it a general cleaning job of whole of the floor that they all share, do i have to declare to tax man? i have a fulltime job where my full allowance is used i am not bothered how they show it in their books but obviously a cheque is traceable to me will i get stung in the future if i continue to accept cheques. how can i get around this its nto worth me doing if they tax it at basic rate of 22% i provide all the cleaning equipment and goods by the way. - any help or ideas please

拢31 a month?..... I wouldn't blink for that!

If you are not on their books ask to be paid in cash.

It doesn't matter how low it is, if you are being paid money for a job and you don't tell HMRC, not only would they charge you for underpaid tax, but you could be charged/penalised for tax evasion as well.

If you arent on the company's books, they will be treating you as self employed, expecting you to sort out your own tax/NI affairs (ie submit a personal tax return to HMRC)

if you are buying cleaning products etc you may be able to deduct the cost of these from your income before you calculate the tax due.

much better to be upfront about these kind of things

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