Decision Makers Guide - DMG31102
Deciding if a person is a self-employed earner: Hours
worked
The hours that may be counted as being spent in work by a
self-employed earner include
1) those which will be costed to the client as spent in
providing the individual order or service
and
2) those spent in activities necessary to the employment.
Examples are
- trips to wholesalers and retailers
- visits to potential clients
- time spent on advertising or canvassing
- cleaning the business premises
- cleaning a vehicle used as part of the business,
for example a taxi or a driving school car
- research work, for example where the person is
an established author.
See DMG12084+ for further guidance.
