All online tutoring work that you have completed through Sherpa will come under your self-employed bracket.

Sherpa brings students to your profile and provides the interactive space to complete your lessons (as well as a slick messaging and booking service) but you will not be "employed" as a Sherpa tutor, therefore, all payments will fall into your regular self-employed tax bracket.

As a private tutor, you are classed as a self-employed sole trader and have to complete a self-assessment tax return every year.

Sherpa does not use PAYE or deduct any earnings for tax reasons. Therefore, all tax is dealt with by yourself.

As a sole trader, you will have to complete a self-assessment tax return every year after 5th April, which you can do online. You must do this even if you are also employed elsewhere, as this can change how much you are taxed altogether across all of your employment.

What you will pay in Income Tax depends on how much of your income is above your Personal Allowance, and how much of this falls within each tax band. In the UK, the usual personal allowance is roughly around £12,570 p.a (2024).

You can find records of all previous payments and lessons by heading to your tutor dashboard and then your payments page to export all the relevant information.