Every individual who is self-employed has to complete a self-assessment tax return whether they are a self-employed window cleaner to a mini cab driver to the owner of a large corporation.
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The income tax rates for a self-employed person in the UK are the same as an employee’s with the rates from April 2017 being listed below:
Self-Employed people still have to pay national insurance contributions although this is a lower rate compared to employed people the rates for this from April 2017 are listed below:
For Example:
Mr G earned a self-employed income of £55,000 and had £20,000 of allowable expenses his calculation would be as below
Income: £55,000
Expenses: £20,000
Net Profit: £35,000
Therefore Mr G would not be a higher rate tax payer and would only need to pay basic rate taxation, class 2 and class 4 national insurance contributions, his tax calculation would is shown below:
Mr G's total tax liability for the year (2017/2018) would be £7,263.44 of which HMRC will also ask for a 50% prepayment for the following tax year in both January (2019) of the year after and July (2019) therefore Mr G would need to pay £10,895.16 to HMRC by 31/01/2019 to avoid any late payment penalties.