OPEN - ESDS

Total turrio=r Q. 46
Is asked of all answering ‘Don’t knnw’ to Q. 45(a) or Q.45(c) (i) or 45(d).
Self employed - sole ownership/partnership Q. 47
Is asked of those answering Q.44 or Q.46. If informant unable to givs a cash
amount at (a), then obtain a percentage or proportion of the amount the Partner
expects to receive.
Total hours worked Q.49
If an informant has main and subsidiary self-employed jobs the hours worked in both
jobs should be added together to provide an answer to Q49.
‘A‘ schedule expenditure claimed for tax purposes (prOUipt card ‘L”) Q. 50
Q. 50 deals with business expenses claimed by self-employed people for tax
purposes, in regard to expenditure contained in or related to the household
schedule, and relating only to interview address accommodation. Generally, the
informant, or his accountant, will agree with the Inland Revenue that a certain
percentage of his expenditure on an item should count as business expenditure for
tax purposes. It is these percentages that should be noted in the box. If the
amount has not been agreed, indicate which items will be claimed by ringing code
and enter estimate of claim. DO NOT LEAVE BLANX . If the answer is ‘No’ to all
items ring ‘No to all, code 2‘.
where a self employed person claims items of expenditure for tax purposes it is to
be expected, that if similar expenditure is recorded in the diary records, this
should also appear at page 36 of the diary record and claimed as business
expenditure.
If expenditure has been claimed but informant cannot give percentages then
a. Ask for amount claimed and total expenditure on the itsm concerned, eg
electricity claimed = &70 p.s. on a total expenditure of f400 p.a.
b. If percentage or amounts cannot be gi..en please ask for which items a
claim has or will be made. Indicate these on the schedule by ringing
code and note that informant cannot give amount or percentage.
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