When your baby is a little older, you can start adding pumping to your daily routine. While it's not necessary, it's comforting to have a little bit of a stash of milk built up before you return to work. Warning - be sure to read this page on smart use of your freezer stash!
You must file a tax return if your net earnings from self-employment were $400 or more. So consider this: you may be 36 years old, single and make less than $10,000 per year in regular employment income, but if you have a side business that nets you more than $400, you will need to file a federal tax return.
If you don't think you need to file a return you must phone HMRC and tell them your reason BEFORE the January 31 deadline. Generally speaking, self-employed people, sole traders, partners in business and people who are both employed and do some self-employed work too will almost always have to fill in a tax return. You'll also need to file a return if: you or your partnerâs income was over Â£50,000 and one of you claimed Child Benefit;