[Misc] Taking a second job

[Simster]

Has anybody done this?

I'm happy enough in my job, but it isn't all that demanding and I reckon I could moonlight a bit on the quiet. Has anyone got experience of this? My main concern is that I wouldn't have a P45 to pass on, so it would seem pretty easy to spot. But then I thought I could just tell my new employer that I was on a retainer for a small amount of weekend work. Maybe it's all pie in the sky, I don't know. That's why I'm hoping someone on here has experience of this...

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I have, but I can’t imagine the level of job I took as the second is the same standard you are looking at....

The only reason either jobs know about the other is because I told them

 

[SeagullinExile]

I had no problems. I will say though, make sure you still have a healthy work/life balance, otherwise it won't be worth it.

 

[Springal]

Check your main job contract and what it says about second job.

Not sure if a tax code change or similar might alert your employer?

 

[Worthing exile]

Check your main job contract and what it says about second job.

Not sure if a tax code change or similar might alert your employer?

Also make sure that there is no conflict of interest in any way between the jobs.

 

[jakarta]

Currently self employed but also do a PAYE job on the side (Hourly Paid Lecturer for a London University) for last 6 years.

As long as your Accountant and HMRC both know there doesn't seem to be an issue?

 

[El Presidente]

Has anybody done this?

I'm happy enough in my job, but it isn't all that demanding and I reckon I could moonlight a bit on the quiet. Has anyone got experience of this? My main concern is that I wouldn't have a P45 to pass on, so it would seem pretty easy to spot. But then I thought I could just tell my new employer that I was on a retainer for a small amount of weekend work. Maybe it's all pie in the sky, I don't know. That's why I'm hoping someone on here has experience of this...

Depends on the nature of the second job, I have about six part time ones but they are all freelance rather than regular payroll, so no P45 complications, although IR30 can be messy and you may end up with a P60 annually from some of them.

One option is to set up a service company and operate through that for your alternative employment.

The good thing is that you can butterfly from one alternative job to another quite easily whilst in the knowledge that you have a base salary guaranteed.

 

[lawros left foot]

Can’t be that difficult, most MPs have at least one other job.

 

[Wrong-Direction]

I used to deliver chinese on the side

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[Kinky Gerbil]

Can’t be that difficult, most MPs have at least one other job.

Is taking bungs a second job?

 

[beorhthelm]

wouldnt expect onlyfans require a P45.

 

[maffew]

I did once, many years ago. I had a fulltime day job, then did some evenings doing something completely different. The evening job, about 9 hours a week, taxed me at emergency tax rate, think it was 25%, so I overpaid and got a bit of a rebate at the end of the tax year. I was very young and earning quite low on the main job

Is your concern you dont want them knowing of each other? My evening job knew of my day job but not the other way round IIRC

 

[Marty McFly]

I used to deliver chinese on the side

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You were a midwife in China?

 

[Westdene Seagull]

Never caused me any issues when I did it years ago. The second employer just taxed me at the standard rate and I didn't inform my main employer. As others have said - just check there is no conflict of interest.

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

I used to deliver chinese on the side

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You were a midwife in China?

People smuggler ?

 

[portslade seagull]

Can’t be that difficult, most MPs have at least one other job.

They have jobs ?? I could sit there half asleep and every now and then say ere ere or the occasional jeer

 

[Pavilionaire]

i used to deliver chinese on the side

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moon li ting?

 

[GT49er]

Never caused me any issues when I did it years ago. The second employer just taxed me at the standard rate and I didn't inform my main employer. As others have said - just check there is no conflict of interest.

My experience too.

 

[Gwylan]

Just one job would do me

 

[Emily's Mum]

Check you contract and/or policy of your current employer & see what it says about secondary employment.
Regarding the tax, employers have a legal duty to inform HMRC of their employees whether they are liable to pay tax or not. If you use up your tax allowance in your full time job you will pay 20% tax on your part time earnings up to the higher tax band.


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