Full time employment + self employed income

A question about : Full time employment + self employed income

Have a full time job where I PAYE. I write articles in my spare time and have started being paid for them. My first payment was on 30.01.2015 and I'm getting regular work. We're talking about Ј200 per month here. I plan to continue doing this.

How do I go about registering for self assessment and paying tax on this? I've done some research but it's all complicated and some things have been contradictory.

How do I do it? When do I need to do a tax return? Total beginner and really floundering! Thanks in advance.

Best answers:

• You need to decide whether you'd rather do the self assessment return on paper or online. I do the latter: I used to do the former. Remember to keep a list of expenses incurred in doing the self-employed work: you can set them against your income.