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If you have the right to work in the UK, you will need to first of all register as a freelancer com HMRC. You can choose to register as a sole trader, which means that you are self-employed, you answer to no-one, you are the sole responsible person for eventual losses of your business and you can keep all your post-tax profits. You can read more about working for yourself in the UK on HMRC’s website aqui.
Do you want to start working on freelance? Check all possibilities in UK: Leeds, Londres, Liverpool, Manchester e Birmingham.
Your obvious pros as a freelancer are the flexibilidade of your working schedule and the fact that you are your own boss. You can work when you want for how many hours you need and from wherever you are – which means you don’t have to necessarily commute around busy cities. Believe it or not, one in seven commuters in England are now spending two hours or more each day travelling to and from work! One less obvious benefit of registering as a sole trader is that you can significantly lower your tax bill, by offsetting specific expenses for your business, like office costs, advertising costs or travel costs.
Alguns dos cons are the sometimes loneliness that comes with working by yourself, the fact that your income might not be steady (you never know how many projects you will land on per month), that you need to make your own pension plans e your own taxes, which can sometimes be complicated. And another disadvantage is that you don’t have some basic employment rights, like sick pay, annual leave or maternity leave for example.
Here is, where you can start! Check out your freelance opportunities with Freelancer, Upwork, PeoplePerHour, TaskRabbit, Fiverr, Codestrador ou Hubstaff Talent