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Check whether a worker should be employed or self-employed
You pay someone as a "self-employed" helper, but they work set hours, only for you, with your tools. Use HMRC's own checking tool properly and understand the answer.
The prompt · ChatGPT
Help me prepare to check a worker's employment status. What they do: [work] How it works: [who sets hours, where they work, who provides tools, can they send someone else, do they work for others, how they're paid] How long it's been going on: [months] Any written agreement: [yes or no] First ask me up to 5 short questions. Wait for my answers. Then: 1. My answers organised under the areas HMRC's tool asks about. 2. Look up GOV.UK's Check Employment Status for Tax page, name it and explain how to use it and what the result means. 3. What I'd need to change if the result says employed. 4. What to keep on file. Not tax or legal advice. Only use what I've told you, leave blanks for anything I haven't given, and don't invent facts or figures. UK English. For GOV.UK Check Employment Status for Tax, use web search and name the page you used. If it doesn't search on its own, open View all tools and choose Search. Stay in this ChatGPT chat. Do not turn on apps or connectors, and do not use memory from another chat.
A short example
Fill the blanks, then paste. work: a short note you already have. months: a short note you already have. Leave the rest of the prompt as written.
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