All self employed cheat on their tax.
OH NO THEY DON'T!!! I resent that remark.
I dont doubt you but there equally is no doubt that the largest missing part of our tax is from the self employed / black economy. According to HMRC the,mselves.
That's as maybe but please don't tar everyone with the same brush.
Quite @BobtheTrain.
I'm self-employed. My employer & I go to extreme lengths to define a contract that HMRC are satisfied produces the correct amount of tax. I neither have tax-sheltering offshore investments, nor a jet registered in the IoM. My company pays me, and its taxes, onshore.
Meanwhile, the facts on what HMRC collect and are defrauded out of by individuals are here:
They're closing the tax gap. Will