batleykhan wrote:I didnt think that you would be liable to pay any tax or NI contribution on the amount of earning that you claimed that you were earning or would have earned in the time that you were employed.
As for your employer not declaring things. I think anyone in this line of business would hardly be a legitimate or registered employer.
This sounds like a bit of a job on the side. You get peanuts for delivering and the employer is hardly likely to register and declare this.
I would call this the exploitation of the desperate and needy by the unscrupilous employers .
I also think you are worrying about something or nothing.Its hardly a case that you have done the HMRC out of thousands of pounds, when others have done it by the millions.
I suggest you put this down to expereince and in future be wary of applying for such jobs. Next time get a legit employer who is playing by the books. Furthermore all this will hardly affect any future immigration status as you a french citizen.
OP stated they were working
self employed, which sounds like the reason they registered with HMRC. You would pay different NI contributions, you pay these yourself.
You would then declare your earnings, and then tax is calculated against that. If you earn below a certain amount, the taxation is low or almost none. If you earn below another amount (I really wish I could quote this amount, I should know it!) you can claim for an NI exemption certificate, or just claim back the NI payments at the end of the year instead.
Thus, OP would have to "invoice" his boss, and being paid in cash is then perfectly reasonable. It is then up to OP to deal with their own taxes (and avoid the dreaded IP35 which he would struggle with working for one company).
I am employed and self-employed at the same time, I pay PAYE and NI at work, plus I pay extra NI
on top of this and tax is calculated at the end of the year.
£400 a month isn't over the £7,000(est) limit for tax, and probably not even high enough for NI... although you still have to have an exemption certificiate.