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amy

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Hi so I am a  sex worker and I am on viva and aw and I dont pay my taxes and I do get Public funds I wanted to know what's the safest bank account to deposit escort money if anyone who deposits money which bank do they recommend

Even leaving the tax evasion aside, if you plan to bank your earnings in cash and claim benefits don't you realise that the bank is going to notice this and flag it up to the benefits office people? Plus there's the AW credits thing which RB1 has posted about above.

You'll have to repay whatever you've fraudulently claimed, plus whatever penalty HMRC decides to hit you with once they get wind of it as well as the back tax you owe which they will estimate if you haven't been keeping proper records of your earnings and receipts for your expenses, and it's up to you to prove their estimation is wrong.

I realise you don't give a toss about other people (including those on minimum wage) having to subsidise you, but why would you do that to yourself?

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My advice to you is to come off benefits right now and register with Inland revenue for damage limitation.
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My advice to you is to come off benefits right now and register with Inland revenue for damage limitation.

My advice too, after spending the last 12 hours wondering if the post is a joke or test.


RB1

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In fairness depending on what sort of sex work the OP offers she could have a illness/ health issues and would be able to still claim universal credit and work a bit

If she mainly did camming  / phone chat & online stuff  and the occasional escort job she would be able to get help via universal credit depending on what her health issues are

RB1

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Actually ignore the above 😂
OP said she had paid in 42k in the last year into her Lloyd’s account  that’s around 3500 a month so she wouldn’t be able to claim anything

I was thinking more along the lines of maybe  2-300 a week
 

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Hi so I am a  sex worker and I am on viva and aw and I dont pay my taxes and I do get Public funds I wanted to know what's the safest bank account to deposit escort money if anyone who deposits money which bank do they recommend

So far Lloyd's and Halifax closed my accounts down without reason


As it’s been said here by others. Aw are sending our details to hmrc next year, Universal credit have put in place to catch out people working while claiming by banks and reviews.
But even before this Adultwork always had your ID and at any given time hmrc could have requested it.




amy

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I agree with the posts above, but I think the fact that the OP has been claiming benefits intended for those with not enough money to live on while banking over 40K in cash is a bit more immediate than this AW change that hasn't even started yet; she hasn't mentioned webcamming and for all we know she only takes bookings by phone/text and not the booking form.

I could name three banks I have accounts with, two of which have no limits on cash deposits (depending on how they're paid) and with whom I've never had problems. I'm not going to because a) I don't claim benefits and b) I have a regular depositing pattern and proper records of my income, and these will be a big part of the reason I've never had problems so this information will be zero use to the OP.

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Let me get this right .
The op called over £40k without paying tax and is claiming benifits

Wow !

Totally foolish and so morally wrong in actually angry

ana30

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Hi so I am a  sex worker and I am on viva and aw and I dont pay my taxes and I do get Public funds I wanted to know what's the safest bank account to deposit escort money if anyone who deposits money which bank do they recommend

So far Lloyd's and Halifax closed my accounts down without reason

Ethically issues aside I too pay a lot of cash into my non business account.... but my bank has my HMRC tax payer number, my business occupation with all the details as to where the money comes from, there's also a same patter of cash deposits etc... and obvs I don't claim any benefits (as I'm not entitled to them). It's been many years and never had any single issue. I can totally understand why the bank would raise all sorts of red flags with your account OP.
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OP:
Someone may "get away" with earning some small amount of cash and not declaring it for tax - and when i say small I am thinking of like £1,000 or less in a year -- so its a hobby income!
But if you are living on benefits, then it isn't worth taking risks.

And if you are earning a substantial sum - that is enough to pay your bills, you have to register as self-employed, keep records.
There is no way to keep this income secret from the Inland Revenue over the long term.

Really - the easiest way to manage it is to speak to an accountant.

* End the benefits ASAP
* Contact the inland revenue and tell them you will be self-employed as --- some kind of therapist - or have the account ant do that for you.
* When you contact the Inland Revenue they will ask you to estimate what your income will be and when you are starting this business so think about your answers - although you should be honest and go back to whenever you started... perhaps you might decide to say you have just started it now- ty and get yourself straight going forward and hope no one looks into the past -- IDK if that will work but it is better than carry on hoping to get away with it - you could face prison.

I would suggest you underestimate your income because they ask you to pay Income Tax in advance, so that's a big tax bill straight away - eventually, the tax will even itself out.