What are the Characteristics of a Sole Trader?
Since a sole trader is fully liable for the business, management decisions such as financial and business choices are exercised promptly and without much hassle. The advantage is you get to
keep all the earnings (as long as you have paid tax on them if needed!). The bad part is you are solely in charge of the success (or lack of it) of your business venture and you take full
responsibility for all the business debts.
You received over £1000 of income from self-employment in the period 6 April 2020 to 5 April 2021.
You wish to contribute voluntarily to the Class 2 National Insurance to afford your benefits. So, as soon as you start working for yourself, you automatically become a ‘Self-employed Sole
Trader,’ even if you didn’t tell HM Revenue and Customs.


Where can I get information on how to register for sole trader?
To register, a person has to inform HMRC that it can expect a Self-Assessment tax return from them. This you can do either through the internet by filling out an online form or by downloading the
necessary form from the HMRC website and posting it. If you declare your intention to HMRC to work as a sole trader, the department will assign you a Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) and set up an
account for the purpose of Self-Assessment.
Subsequently, you will receive from HMRC a personalised letter that contains an activation code for the online account. Find out more about your tax position, particularly the amount of taxes that
have been paid previously, the tax code, and the time when the filing is expected to be done.
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Self-Assessment Tax Filing
A self-employed Tax Return or Personal Tax Return is the general form where people can state the amount of annual income they earned or gains/Profits they earned on the capital assets.
There are some tax types, for instance, in Pay As You Earn (PAYE) the amount of the tax is collected at the source, meaning that employees’ taxes are deducted from their wages before they are paid
or banks tax the interest on the savings account when paying the interest. However, income is not taxed at source in other cases like rental income, business for own account, or gain on the sale
of an asset where the asset has increased in value (as an example, buy to let property). It must be declared and any extra taxes paid then the product is sold out from the shackles of those taxes.
Although the list is not exhaustive the following reasons can be given when preparing a tax return for example, an individual may want to complete a tax return in order to claim any overpaid taxes
for instance a wrong tax code has been input by your employer.

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