well, I work thru my own limited company, I am applying for tier-1 general in feb2011.My accountant clearly confirmed that I should apply as an employee and wont come under self-employed category coz based on UKBA rules and regulation if you are working thru your limited company and you are the only share holder and taking just salary from your company then your need to submit only payslips,bank statements and letter from your accoutant confirming your earnings for the period you are claiming.here is the evidence,
http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/worki ... documents/
Supporting documents must show all the relevant payments you are claiming points for. If earnings from a particular source have been paid in more than one way, you must send two types of document for each part of the payment claimed. For example, if you have been paid for your salaried employment by means of a salary and a dividend. If the gross and net dividend payments are included on your payslip, and can be supported by details of the net dividend payment on your bank statements, you could send bank statements and payslips as supporting evidence for both the salary and the dividend claimed. However, if the dividend details are not included on the payslips, you must also send separate dividend vouchers to support the dividend payments and cross-reference these with the bank statements you send.
You should give full contact details for each source of income you give us, so we can verify all supporting documents if necessary.
You should also send any information or explanation of the documents you have sent that may help us to consider the earnings claimed. For example:
If you are operating through a limited liability company that is administered on your behalf by a managing agent or accountant. The name on the payment advice may therefore differ from the credit payment entries on your bank statements. You should provide a letter from your managing agent or accountant to clarify the relationship between everyone concerned.
If you are one of a number of shareholders in the business and are claiming for net profits made over the earnings period, you should provide a letter from your accountant, confirming the percentage share you are entitled to receive from the business's net profit before tax.
Employees who receive a salaryA salaried employee could provide a combination of personal bank statements covering the full 12-month earnings period and either:
payslips for the full 12-month earnings period; or
a letter from your employer.
(We consider that payslips and letters from an employer are from the same source and you should therefore not provide a combination of these two types of document.)
Employees who receive a salary and dividend paymentsIf you are paid with a combination of salary and dividends, and both payments appear on your payslip, you could send personal bank statements for the full 12-month earnings period and either:
payslips for the full 12-month earnings period; or
a letter from your employer.
If you are paid with a combination of salary and dividends, and the salary and dividend payments do not both appear on your payslip, you can provide the documents listed above plus dividend vouchers for each dividend payment claimed, showing both the gross and the net dividend.
Self-employed earnings within a business or company structure
If you have worked in a self-employed capacity in your own business or company structure and have chosen to keep your earnings within the business or company, you could send:
business or company accounts that meet statutory requirements and show the net profit made for the earnings period claimed; and
a letter from your accountant confirming the details in those accounts.
If you are not the sole shareholder of the company you should also provide a letter from your accountant confirming your shareholding and the proportion of net profit before tax to which you are entitled for the earnings period claimed.
I hope this will clear your doubts...
