Taking on your own personal assistant (PA) or carer directly, whether funded through government money, or privately, can mean that you become an employer. This brings with it many responsibilities such as registering as an employer with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC), operating a Pay As You Earn ...

Ideally, you should make sure the tax status is correct in the first place. There is lots of information to help you, and you should always keep records of your decision-making process so that you can show HMRC evidence that you took as much care as possible. As we shall see later, this can help ...

This page considers some of the main employment law rules for employees. We are not employment law experts but to be helpful we give you some basic information about the matters listed below and link to where you can get further help and guidance.

The status of your worker for employment law purposes is important. Their status determines the employment law rights that they have. It also determines your obligations to them.

There are different rules for what you have to report and pay depending on the type of expense or benefit that you provide to your employee(s). Some benefits and business-related expenses are exempt, meaning there will be nothing to report or pay. 

This page explains how to make the various payments that become due - including the amounts you have deducted from your employee under Pay As You Earn (PAYE) - to HMRC.