The cost-of-living crisis and growth in the gig economy has seen an explosion of suggestions as to how to make some extra money online. But the tax consequences often get little or no mention and are sometimes misreported. You must be on top of your taxes from the start, so that you don’t ...
Outstanding tax issues can have long term consequences. Below, we explain more about the different issues that can arise and the support that is available to help you bring your tax affairs up to date. If your gig work has stopped or reduced and you are in significant difficulties we also explain ...
The ‘gig’ economy is tempting more people to earn extra cash by using one of the many available online platforms to offer rides, run errands, make deliveries, be an influencer on social media or do something else. This is a relatively new area of the economy and there are some important tax issues ...
This page explains the rules for using qualifying care relief (QCR). You can read about what constitutes qualifying care on the pages for foster carers and shared lives carers, as appropriate.
On this page, we explain what qualifying care is for foster carers and staying put carers, for the purposes of qualifying care relief (QCR). You can read about qualifying care for shared lives carers on our separate page.
This information is designed to help foster carers, shared lives carers (including adult placement carers), certain kinship carers and those offering staying put care to understand how tax and National Insurance (NIC) works for them.