A mixed bag

To update on the HMRC side, I have completed their self-employment assessor programme and it clearly says Self-Employed. I have spoken to three different HMRC people, one a specialist, who all say I am self-employed. It would seem that the Diocese is the originator of this, but I haven't been well enough (damn cold and now a cough which has revealed yes, I do have a diaphragm and that's there I'm breathing from) to ring him and ask for his source of knowledge on this point.

Anyway, playing at one church today where, in the past, I used to turn up and there was a cheque ready and waiting every time. Now I turn up and I'm lucky to be paid two or three weeks later. I just think of the cost of the stamps and envelopes and think "this could be better organised". I am the last person to criticise others on their organisational skills. But late payment can cause overdrafts.

More anon.


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