I gave up escorting a year and a half ago when I fell pregnant with my son. I had been with my partner a year and he never knew what I did and still to this day after 2 and a half years dosnt know what I did. Anyway, I've got to the point now where I don't think me and him can carry on together and I'm thinking of ending it over the next week and my only option to survive will to go back to escorting in the new year once I've lost a bit of weight. Last time I never declared my income or what I did but this time now I have my son I want to do everything above board. What I'm asking is is their anyone on here who declares them self self employed. How do you go about declaring how much you earn etc. I only want to do 1 tour a fortnight so it fits in with my son and hopefully make ?500 each time and once I've made it il go home. Do you know if I can receive tax credits etc while employed and do I declare myself as an escort or pretend I'm a hairdresser, massuse etc.

Lots of different questions here.

I declare my earnings and pay tax. It's fairly simple to do, you just need to go on the HMRC website and follow instructions. Keep around 25% of your earnings aside to pay your year-end tax bill.

If you make under the threshold you'll be able to claim tax credits. But with all the fuckery the tories have done I have no idea what that threshold now is. (sorry for politics not sorry)

As to how you declare yourself, it's varied. If at some point you may need to find a private tenancy, then it's best to stick to massage, etc. If you only care about paying correct tax, then be honest, because you'll be able to claim ALL your expenses e.g. condoms.

Have you dumped your boyfriend off? He doesn't sound very helpful. Are you safe?