Assistants how much should you pay them?

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How much should you pay an assistant for the day to assist at a wedding with carrying bags and taking pictures.
 
At the very least, minimum wage :)

Currently £5.73 per hour for people aged 22 and over :)
 
Are they a genuine assistant or is it more of a work shadowing/teaching role?

a genuine assistant can be paid reasonable money, the other sort tends to get stuffed with little or no pay

this also depends on how much the main tog is making, if its a £499 shoot the assistant isn't going to get £150
 
How should you pay them? Cash in hand so the tax man doesn't get his filthy mitts on any of it.
 
Surely if you pay the assistant cash you will be liable to pay tax on £499 income rather than £499-150 (figures as an example taken from raathistle's post)
 
Trie, but that assumes tax is being paid anyway. If you do pay above board though don't forget to include the cost of any NI contributions you may be required to make, plus employee liability insurance if needed etc.
 
raathistle said:
don't forget to include the cost of any NI contributions you may be required to make, plus employee liability insurance if needed etc.
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If it was me i'd just ask the assistant to provide a bill, then you don't have to worry about anything except paying the bill and it's upto them whether they pay tax/ni etc. Anyone can type up an invoice on their pc nowadays.
 
I was offered about £100 a day for help. I'd be happy with that. The images would be for them to use as well as for my own personal use (portfolio etc)
 
assistant for the day
£5.73 per hour
even if it's a 10 hour day that's only £57.30
so £100 well above minimum
 
I'm not 100% on this but as I understand it:

If you are paying an assistant as an employee you have to pay them at least the minimum wage (as Betty says), plus Employers NI contributions as well deducting tax and the employee NI from their final pay too and pass the right amounts to HMRC. Of course this could be an unpaid work experience person too where no NI or Tax is liable

However, if you hire a contractor to perform a specific task and they are responsible for choosing the working time etc to fulfil that task then they are self employed in their own rights and you can pay them whatever you agree between supplier (them) and customer (you) and they are responsible for their own Tax and NI as a self employed person.

What ever you do make sure you pay the right tax; HMRC can be quite unpleasant if they think you are screwing Her Majesty out of her government's share.

www.BusinessLink.gov.uk/employingpeople - for more information
 
Think I have been paying quite well then really have been paying between £60 and £120 depending on how long the wedding lasts for.
 
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