Downtown Funk is a Dummie!

[downtown funk]

Hi there! Ok, help!

I did very few markets in last few weeks, so I guess it is time for me to register as a self-employed!
I have to be honest and say that I really don't know much about it, but info that I found on web is quite clear, and there is a plenty of help.

After checking application form for self-employment, I saw that you have to enter your business name. Now, this might be really stupid question, and it probably is, but I will still ask...you now better, and you have more experience that I do, for sure.
When I am filling my informations for self-employment, do I have to register business before that? Because there is a place where you have to enter your business name...I am the only one, no other employees, and I am planning to do only markets...so, I cannot write just on a form my name as a business name?! Or, as I asked, I have to register that previously and separate?

THANK YOU so much!

:jippie:

[wendy]

You don't have to register anywhere else unless you want to be a limited company, and that almost certainly won't apply to you.

You don't have to have a business name, or your business name could be your own name.

[sparkysdad]

Hi there! Ok, help!

I did very few markets in last few weeks, so I guess it is time for me to register as a self-employed!
I have to be honest and say that I really don't know much about it, but info that I found on web is quite clear, and there is a plenty of help.

After checking application form for self-employment, I saw that you have to enter your business name. Now, this might be really stupid question, and it probably is, but I will still ask...you now better, and you have more experience that I do, for sure.
When I am filling my informations for self-employment, do I have to register business before that? Because there is a place where you have to enter your business name...I am the only one, no other employees, and I am planning to do only markets...so, I cannot write just on a form my name as a business name?! Or, as I asked, I have to register that previously and separate?

THANK YOU so much!

:jippie:

If there is just you, generally your business type will be "sole trader" though you can go down the route of a Limited Liability Company which will add a lot of unnecessary expense if your turnover is only modest.

As a sole trader, you can use your own name to trade, or you can have a trading name such as Downtown Funk. If you opt for the latter, you generally declare yourself as "joe bloggs trading as Downtown Funk".