{"id":1412,"date":"2019-03-22T10:40:33","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T10:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/?p=1412"},"modified":"2026-04-21T08:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T08:18:54","slug":"tax-for-actors-matthew-jacobs-morgan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spotlight.com\/news-and-advice\/self-employment\/tax-for-actors-matthew-jacobs-morgan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tax for Actors: Get Your Tax In Gear"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Cut\u00a0through the tax\u00a0panic attacks with\u00a0these tips for all freelancers&#8230;<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">What with us still reeling from the self-assessment deadline in January (or, what I like to call anti-Christmas) and going into a new financial year in April (or, what I like to call sad-new-year) what better time to dig our heels in and talk about our finances?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s very hard to make taxes sexy. They\u2019re boring, long and sometimes downright depressing, but paying taxes is one of the certainties in life.<\/p>\n<p>I am still astounded by the fact that taxes are not taught in schools or colleges and baffled by the way we\u2019re all expected to muddle through with HMRC ready to pounce at any moment if we mess up.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I am not an accountant. I am not a financial adviser.<\/strong>\u00a0But I have been a freelancer for 10 years and have learned some lessons the hard way which I\u2019d love to share with you. What with us still reeling from the self-assessment deadline in January (or, what I like to call\u00a0<em>anti-Christmas)\u00a0<\/em>and going into a new financial year in April (or, what I like to call\u00a0<em>sad-new-year)<\/em>\u00a0what better time to dig our heels in and talk about our finances?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"quoteMacro style1 noAuthorImage\">\n<div class=\"quoteText\">\n<div class=\"quoteTextInner\">As self-employed individuals, we have a lot of expenses to pay just in order to do our jobs. Travel expenses, classes, Spotlight Membership, headshots, showreel editing, accountancy fees, telephone bills, theatre and cinema tickets, sheet music and a whole array of other costs. DEDUCT THEM.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorInformation\">\n<div class=\"quoteAuthorName\">Matthew Jacobs Morgan<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4>Do Them Early<\/h4>\n<p>So, I didn\u2019t know this for\u00a0<em>years,\u00a0<\/em>but you can do your self-assessment as soon as the financial year ends. I used to wait until the January self-assessment deadline was approaching and frantically sift through coffee-stained receipts and delve back into bank statements\u00a0that bring back awful memories (nobody needs reminding of that terrible date at Pizza Express last July), whereas I could\u2019ve in fact figured out how much I owed 9 months beforehand and had a relatively stress-free January &#8211; we\u2019re all broke from Christmas as it is! Even if you don\u2019t have the dosh to pay them straight away, at least you\u2019ll have an idea of the chunk of money\u00a0that you\u2019ll be having to pay by the time January comes around and you won\u2019t have any surprises!<\/p>\n<h4>Deduct Expenses\u2026 Legitimately<\/h4>\n<p>As self-employed individuals, we have a lot of expenses to pay just in order to do our jobs. Travel expenses, classes, Spotlight Membership, headshots, showreel editing, accountancy fees, telephone bills, theatre and cinema tickets, sheet music and a whole array of other costs. DEDUCT THEM.<\/p>\n<p>I used to be so reluctant to offset those expenses against my taxes for fear of being uncharitable by paying less taxes. But if they are legit expenses, this fear is unnecessary. You would never expect an office employee to go out and buy their own office supplies. You would never expect a doctor to go out and buy the medicine for their patients out of their own pocket. You would never expect a zoo employee to go out and buy chunks of meat to feed the lions out of their own paycheck (I could go on with ridiculous analogies but I\u2019ll stop there). As long as we are paying our fair share of tax and national insurance, there\u2019s really nothing to feel guilty about.<\/p>\n<h4>Excel In Life and in Spreadsheets<\/h4>\n<p>Make a spreadsheet of every single payslip you receive, as soon as you get it. By doing this as you go along, you won\u2019t have the task of sitting down and compiling this information as one huge task. It\u2019ll be broken down into small, manageable pieces.<\/p>\n<p>Have a column for the amount you\u2019ve been paid, a column for the commission you paid (this is a deductible expense too!), VAT on commission, and any PAYE and National Insurance which was already deducted. It\u2019s\u00a0<em>so\u00a0<\/em>dry, so doing it over a long period of time beats having a hellish couple of weeks doing it intensely.<\/p>\n<h4>Have a Separate Savings Account<\/h4>\n<p>Every time you receive a payment, put at least 20% of it into a separate account, and don\u2019t touch it\u2026 No really, even for those Celine Dion tickets\u2026 No\u00a0<em>really\u00a0<\/em>just because Barbra Streisand has announced that she\u2019s headlining Hyde Park doesn\u2019t give you reason to crack out those savings. By ring-fencing some money for your taxes, you won\u2019t be stuck when it comes round to paying it, and you won\u2019t be as tempted to dip into it when you\u2019re feeling naughty!<\/p>\n<h4>Accountants Are Your Friends<\/h4>\n<p>For years I was doing my self assessment on my own, which was fine, but I ended up making a whole host of mistakes\u00a0that I ended up asking my accountant to go back and fix. Getting an accountant takes\u00a0<em>so much\u00a0<\/em>stress off of your shoulders. If they\u2019re specialised in working with actors or freelancers, they\u2019ll have a wealth of knowledge on what you can\/can\u2019t deduct, when to become VAT registered and how to do so, potentially registering as a limited company (I still don\u2019t know what that means, though) and how best to manage your finances. They\u2019re also essential if you\u2019re saving to buy a property &#8211; it\u2019s pretty much impossible to get a mortgage without a proper accountant if you\u2019re a freelancer, so invest the money in one if you can!<\/p>\n<h4>Paying Late<\/h4>\n<p>Now, this is a last resort, emergency situation. I had one year where I had an emergency in my flat which meant I had to dip into my tax money, and didn\u2019t make it back in time for the self-assessment deadline.<\/p>\n<p>I literally had sleepless nights,\u00a0<em>certain\u00a0<\/em>that I would be thrown in jail and blacklisted from ever being able to work again\u2026 the reality is, HMRC can do a payment plan for you which allows you to slowly pay off what you owe over a few months. On the phone, they tend to be bulldogs as it is of course their job to squeeze the money out of you if they can, however if you genuinely can\u2019t pay it on time, they do have support systems in place to make sure you get it paid when you can.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, taxes aren\u2019t as stressful as they seem. The only way they become stressful is when you set yourself up to fail, which I\u2019ve done\u00a0<em>so many times.\u00a0<\/em>If you\u2019re honest, proactive and give yourself the gift of time, you\u2019ll kick &#8217;em in the tax.<\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"imgLeft imgLeftSmall\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-replace hoverZoomLink\" src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/spotlightuk\/image\/fetch\/w_400,c_limit\/https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/1954\/matthew-9175-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-src=\"https:\/\/res.cloudinary.com\/spotlightuk\/image\/fetch\/w_{width},c_limit\/https:\/\/spotlight-cmsmedia.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/media\/1954\/matthew-9175-3.jpg\" \/><\/span>Matthew Jacobs Morgan is an actor and filmmaker from London. His credits as an actor include Our Town (Almeida Theatre), Tommy (New Wolsey) and the TV series\u00a0<\/em><em>Cuffs<\/em><em>, Wasted, Love Nina, Midsomer Murders and upcoming C4 Drama\u00a0<\/em><em>Pure<\/em><em>. 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