My wife works for a lady who has a shop. Although she is a nice lady, do not think she really knows what she’s doing. I think she is a sole trader. From what I can tell, she needs to:

– Pay employer’s NI on my wife’s salary (there’s no lower threshold for this is there?)
– Have employer’s liability insurance
– Have public liability insurance for the shop
– Product liability insurance for the stuff she makes
– Tell HMRC she is a sole trader

.. anything else?

I think she is a sole trader

Is it a shoe shop ?

There’s a lower limit as per hmrc website c£156pw below which both pay zero percent class 1 nic.

Presumably there’s some potential H&S issues toe boot if she is a shoe shop though sheel possibly not last long enough to bovver.

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