People like my dad - I know he set up a limited company with himself as sole employee, just to get 3 months of contract work at a pharma company in Brighton. A massive amount of overkill, but he regarded himself as self-employed in that instance. He had mountains of paperwork with that, which I then inherited once he died!
Although my dad didn't, I know a lot of these contractor types do indeed pay themselves a minimum wage, then supplement it with dividends (hence the allowance was cut from unlimited, to £5K, to £2K before tax is due).
I would expect they'd howl at only getting gov't pay based on minimum wage.
The builders, fencers, plumbers etc who do the cash in hand stuff, on the other hand... no easier way to wind a plumber up than by asking him for an invoice!
Originally Posted by: Retron