its all so bloody confusing. I only work two shifts a week because of looking after my son and ive been sort of advised by the agency to declare nothing until a few weeks time when i can work out if i want to carry on the career or not....... its so confusing
Please read the main SAAFE site (http://www.saafe.info), particularly the articles on Paying Your Tax, the Law, and Agencies. Hover over "Information for Escorts" to view the full article list.
Are you aware that agencies are illegal operations? It is legal to work as an escort - accepting money for sexual services - but it is
not legal to benefit financially from someone else's escorting. Agency owners are pimps, basically, and pimping is a crime.
Your agent is, therefore, a criminal who is probably committing serious tax evasion. I'm sure they're a very nice person and all that, but do bear in mind that if you're going to take the advice of a criminal pimp over that of independent workers who aren't making a penny off you, then you may not be entirely rewarded with the result.
At the end of the day, however, your life decisions are your life decisions. If you worked for two shifts per week over two weeks, you would almost certainly not earn enough to pass the tax threshold for the month, so you wouldn't have to pay any taxes. But if you don't declare that income and someone spitefully dobs you in to HMRC, you could get a bill based on their assumption that you earned ?1000
per day since you started working.
Keep records, declare your income, submit a tax return. Or cross your fingers and worry all day. It's really up to you.
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