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Not sure if this should be in the taxation forum, or here, so mods, apologies, and please feel free to move if in wrong forum.
I have been in receipt of unemployment benefit for the last few months due to redundancy from my previous fulltime PAYE position, and have recently been offered a few days a week work as a freelancer. I understand I will have to register myself as self employed for this income, and plan on speaking to both revenue and welfare about my situation to find out what I should do next, but wanted to get an idea of what I should expect and what I may need to do.
If I take this freelancing work, which I expect to be a long term freelance role (but it's only a few days a week, rather than fulltime) it will leave me with 3 or 4 days a week to play with to take up other part time work if I can find it.
My query is this:
Will I be entitled to continue to claim unemployment benefit on the days I am not working, until I find employment for the other days?
I know as a PAYE worker you get your employer to fill out a form stating which days you worked in a week, and you will be topped up for the days you are unemployed. I am not sure, however, that as a self employed person (which I assume I would be if I were to freelance) you can claim assistance in the form of jobseeker's benefit for the days you are still seeking work for.
If anyone can point me in the right direction or has any advice I'd be grateful, just want to know what to expect!
I have been in receipt of unemployment benefit for the last few months due to redundancy from my previous fulltime PAYE position, and have recently been offered a few days a week work as a freelancer. I understand I will have to register myself as self employed for this income, and plan on speaking to both revenue and welfare about my situation to find out what I should do next, but wanted to get an idea of what I should expect and what I may need to do.
If I take this freelancing work, which I expect to be a long term freelance role (but it's only a few days a week, rather than fulltime) it will leave me with 3 or 4 days a week to play with to take up other part time work if I can find it.
My query is this:
Will I be entitled to continue to claim unemployment benefit on the days I am not working, until I find employment for the other days?
I know as a PAYE worker you get your employer to fill out a form stating which days you worked in a week, and you will be topped up for the days you are unemployed. I am not sure, however, that as a self employed person (which I assume I would be if I were to freelance) you can claim assistance in the form of jobseeker's benefit for the days you are still seeking work for.
If anyone can point me in the right direction or has any advice I'd be grateful, just want to know what to expect!