SolvedVTAXPER63400 | Particular trades: Off-air workers in the film, television and radio industries: Off-air grades accepted as self-employed in the radio industry
From HM Revenue & Customs · VAT Taxable Person Manual
| ### Job | ### Proviso |
|---|---|
| Art director | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Associate producer | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months (except where engaged primarily for general research) |
| Auditioner | where engaged for a period of less than 9 months. This covers somebody who does not normally work within the Radio Industry and is engaged when there is a lot of auditioning to be done, for example for a talent show. Often an established entertainer in their own right. Normal auditioning would be done by a Producer or Director |
| Casting director | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Composer | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Contributors to Concerts Publicity and Prospectus | Non-staff contributors where payment is made on a per contribution basis. An example would be a person of renown in the musical world who contributed a piece on Beethoven for a concert prospectus |
| Co-producer | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Cricket scorer | Provider of occasional information, for example news and sport, where engaged for a period of less than 9 months |
| Director | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Editor | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Executive producer | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Language assessor | where used on an occasional basis to check style and delivery of foreign language broadcasts |
| Musical associate | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Musical director | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| News or sports reporters or commentators (freelance) | Covers Reporters (often with a full time job with a newspaper) who are paid on a per contribution basis for the supply of news and sporting information and stories, where commissioned as and when news and sports stories arise. This does not cover Reporters and Commentators who present their finished work on the air |
| Producer | where engaged on a freelance basis for a period of less than 9 months |
| Score reader | for both musical scores and sporting scores |
| Sound recordist; Sound mixer | where the contract requires substantial provision of equipment |
| Special effects person | where the contract requires provision of necessary equipment by the worker |
| Specialist researcher | where the worker has either an existing profession outside TV/radio (for example Academic, Legal Adviser, Doctor) or specialist knowledge of the programme content to be researched and is engaged for a specific project and is not a regular contributor. Excludes those used by the Radio Industry to carry out research over a wide variety of fields, for example in news and current affairs, investigative journalism |
| Story editor | where engaged on a freelance basis for a specific subject |
| Translator | where working from premises other than those provided by the radio company |
| Writer (excluding Reporter) | where engaged on a freelance basis for a specific subject |