Guidance
How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month.
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This guide explains how Universal Credit works for self-employed people.
It describes:
what is expected of claimants who have their own business
how Universal Credit decides if self-employment is their main work
how their Universal Credit payments are calculated
how Universal Credit will support new businesses
There’s also information about how self-employed claimants will need to report their income and expenses every month.
Part of the Universal Credit toolkit for partner organisations.
Published 28 March 2013
Last updated 8 August 2023 + show all updates
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