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Music jobs in United Kingdom | Guardian Jobs

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Music jobs in United Kingdom. 83 jobs to view and apply for now with Guardian Jobs

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Job listings for music professionals seeking jobs in music and employers seeking musicians and bands in the UK music industry.

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Music Business Jobs and Music Business Vacancies from across the UK, US, Europe, Australia and more.

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The Arts Jobs list details current vacancies and opportunities in the arts community, and Arts News details arts events, news and press releases. Both mailing lists are generated entirely by Arts Jobs and Arts News members.

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UK's #1 Jobs Platform For Music Professionals

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If you're self-employed, your business will have various running costs. You can deduct some of these costs to work out your taxable profit as long as they're allowable expenses.

Example Your turnover is £40,000, and you claim £10,000 in allowable expenses. You only pay tax on the remaining £30,000 - known as your taxable profit.

Allowable expenses do not include money taken from your business to pay for private purchases.

Costs you can claim as allowable expenses

These include:

office costs, for example stationery or phone bills

travel costs, for example fuel, parking, train or bus fares

clothing expenses, for example uniforms

staff costs, for example salaries or subcontractor costs

things you buy to sell on, for example stock or raw materials

financial costs, for example insurance or bank charges

costs of your business premises, for example heating, lighting, business rates

advertising or marketing, for example website costs

training courses related to your business, for example refresher courses

Contact the Self Assessment helpline if you're not sure whether a business cost is an allowable expense.

Costs you can claim as capital allowances

If you use traditional accounting, claim capital allowances when you buy something you keep to use in your business, for example:

equipment

machinery

business vehicles, for example cars, vans, lorries

If you use cash basis

If you use cash basis accounting and buy a car for your business, you can claim this as a capital allowance. However, all other items you buy and keep for your business should be claimed as allowable expenses in the normal way.

If you use something for both business and personal reasons

You can only claim allowable expenses for the business costs.

Example Your mobile phone bills for the year total £200. Of this, you spend £130 on personal calls and £70 on business.

You can claim for £70 of business expenses.

If you work from home

You may be able to claim a proportion of your costs for things like:

heating

electricity

Council Tax

mortgage interest or rent

internet and telephone use

You'll need to find a reasonable method of dividing your costs, for example by the number of rooms you use for business or the amount of time you spend working from home.

Example You have 4 rooms in your home, one of which you use only as an office.

Your electricity bill for the year is £400. Assuming all the rooms in your home use equal amounts of electricity, you can claim £100 as allowable expenses (£400 divided by 4).

If you worked only one day a week from home, you could claim £14.29 as allowable expenses (£100 divided by 7).

Simplified expenses

You can avoid using complex calculations to work out your business expenses by using simplified expenses. Simplified expenses are flat rates that can be used for:

vehicles

working from home

living on your business premises

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Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed

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You must register your business for VAT with HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC) if its VAT taxable turnover is more than £85,000.

When you register, you'll be sent a VAT registration certificate. This confirms:

your VAT number

when to submit your first VAT Return and payment

your 'effective date of registration' - this depends on the date you went over the threshold, or is the date you asked to register if it was voluntary

You can register voluntarily if your turnover is less than £85,000, unless everything you sell is exempt. You'll have certain responsibilities if you register for VAT.

You can reclaim the VAT you've paid on certain purchases made before you registered.

Your VAT responsibilities

From your effective date of registration you must:

Most VAT registered businesses that earn over £85,000 must also follow the rules for 'Making Tax Digital for VAT'.

While you wait

You cannot charge or show VAT on your invoices until you get your VAT number. However, you'll still have to pay the VAT to HMRC for this period.

You should increase your prices to allow for this and tell your customers why. Once you've got your VAT number you can then reissue the invoices showing the VAT.

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You must register your business for VAT with HM Revenue and Customs ( HMRC) if its VAT taxable turnover is more than £85,000. When you register, you'll be sent a VAT registration certificate.

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You're self-employed if you run your own business as an individual and work for yourself. This is also known as being a 'sole trader'.

You can keep all your business's profits after you've paid tax on them. You're personally responsible for any losses your business makes. You must also follow certain rules on running and naming your business.

When you need to set up as a sole trader

You need to set up as a sole trader if any of the following apply:

you earned more than £1,000 from self-employment between 6 April 2022 and 5 April 2023

you need to prove you're self-employed, for example to claim Tax-Free Childcare

you want to make voluntary Class 2 National Insurance payments to help you qualify for benefits

How to set up as a sole trader

To set up as a sole trader, you need to tell HMRC that you pay tax through Self Assessment. You'll need to file a tax return every year.

Register for Self Assessment.

Your responsibilities

You'll need to:

You'll need to apply for a National Insurance number if you're moving to the UK to set up a business.

You must register for VAT if your turnover is over £85,000. You can register voluntarily if it suits your business, for example if you sell to other VAT-registered businesses and want to reclaim the VAT.

Working in construction industry

Register with HMRC for the Construction Industry Scheme ( CIS) if you're working in the construction industry as a subcontractor or contractor.

Naming your business

You can trade under your own name, or you can choose another name for your business. You do not need to register your name.

You must include your name and business name (if you have one) on official paperwork, for example invoices and letters.

Choosing your business name

Sole trader names must not:

include 'limited', 'Ltd', 'limited liability partnership', 'LLP', 'public limited company' or 'plc'

be offensive

You need to get permission if your name contains a 'sensitive' word or expression, or suggests a connection with government or local authorities. For example, to use 'Accredited' in your business name, you need permission from the Department for Business and Trade ( DBT).

Check which words you need permission to use, and who from.

If you choose a name or logo that's registered as a trade mark or is already being used, the owner could take legal action against you.

If you register a trade mark, it's easier to stop other businesses using your name or logo.

Help and support

You can sign up for business support emails from HMRC to help you if you're working for yourself.

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Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs and legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader

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You usually pay 2 types of National Insurance if you're self-employed:

Class 2 if your profits are £6,205 or more a year

Class 4 if your profits are £8,424 or more a year

You work out your profits by deducting your expenses from your self-employed income.

How much you pay

How to pay

Most people pay Class 2 and Class 4 National Insurance through Self Assessment.

Special rules for specific jobs

Some self-employed people don't pay National Insurance through Self Assessment, but may want to pay voluntary contributions. These are:

examiners, moderators, invigilators and people who set exam questions

people who run businesses involving land or property

ministers of religion who don't receive a salary or stipend

people who make investments for themselves or others - but not as a business and without getting a fee or commission

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You usually pay 2 types of National Insurance if you're self-employed: Class 2 if your profits are £6,205 or more a year Class 4 if your profits are £8,424 or more a year You work out your profits by deducting your expenses from your self-employed income.

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