The 0845 numbers are giving me no joy on this question. Hopefully someone else has had a similar experience and knows what to do.
It seems to be a bit too out of the ordinary for the benefits helplines, and they are saying that I'm a company. I don't feel like I'm one - it's just that work sometimes falls in my lap! They are saying I am self-employed and must fill in a B16 form. This might be right, but I just feel that the call centre agents aren't really listening, and I've had so much info from them that was just plain wrong over the last 6 months, that I don't trust anything they say any more.
And I'm not finding the answer to this online, oddly.
What would you do?
- I'm a single parent on income support.
- About two or three times a year I do a little bit of writing for a company in The Netherlands.
- There's no contract. There's no guarantee of work - it's just as and when they need me. And I don't do any work for anyone else - just this one company.
- The work is usually 4 hours each time, usually split over two months. Each job earns about £12.50 per hour. So that's no more than about £30 per month, earned in six months of the year at most. (Hope that makes sense!)
- I'm paid into a bank account in The Netherlands.
- I know this is well under the disregard allowed me. But I'd prefer to be honest and declare it if I have to. But how?
It seems to be a bit too out of the ordinary for the benefits helplines, and they are saying that I'm a company. I don't feel like I'm one - it's just that work sometimes falls in my lap! They are saying I am self-employed and must fill in a B16 form. This might be right, but I just feel that the call centre agents aren't really listening, and I've had so much info from them that was just plain wrong over the last 6 months, that I don't trust anything they say any more.
And I'm not finding the answer to this online, oddly.
What would you do?