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Self Employment: your questions

Ian Hunter, Cathy Brown and John Whiting
BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live
Monday, 23 June 2008,
at 1502 GMT
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BBC Radio 4's Money Box Live was broadcast on Monday, 23 June 2008, at 1502 GMT.

On Monday's Money Box Live, Paul Lewis took your questions on all aspects of self employment and put them to a panel of expert guests.

If you are considering self employment, where do you start?

How do you work out your status - what determines 'self employment'?

Where do you stand if you are an employee and also self employed?

Are there special conditions for working through an agency or intermediary?

Could you be caught by the IR35 rules?

Or perhaps you have a question on VAT, tax or national insurance contributions?

Paul Lewis was joined by:

  • Ian Hunter, head of employment, Bird and Bird
  • John Whiting, tax partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Cathy Brown, author, Testing the Water-Is Self Employment for Me?

    Presenter: Paul Lewis
    Producer: Lesley McAlpine



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