Thank you. Yes you're completely right, it is a 0 hours contract. I don't have any holiday or sickness perks but they get all the perks of me being employed i.e they set the rotas; and they get as high a percentage as they want of 'my' earnings. Thanks so much for your comments, food for thought

Thanks for the advice, I feel clearer on wording things now. I have always declared my personal income, and in return I have always claimed my VAT back on items needed for work. I am naturally quite an organised person so I enjoy doing my books! Private dances are fixed price so my previous clubs have tracked the wages, you don't get much for stage dancing, probably about a fiver/tenner if you're there for 4 or 5 songs...

It's just so strange because usually you pay to work for the club - not the other way around. It's real money there too; not monopoly style money you hand in at the end of the night for a cash return. If I am handed cash at the end of the night in addition to my wages being paid directly into my bank account - then that's just like restaurant waiting staff (only naked!). Do they / should they be completing tax returns for 'tips'? Do they actually do this?! I was going to ask the question but it all happened so fast. I've never even been asked for ID before.

I have worked in various clubs over the time I have worked as a lap dancer. Most clubs (here and abroad) don't have a contract in place, you just get given your rota, and pay 20-50% (depending on the night) of what you earn, to the club. You are self employed. There has never been much paperwork, but I do mock invoices for my tax return. I have started working at a new club in Manchester now I have started back at Uni, and they want to pay me £10 per hour as an employee (including employment contract!) and the cash from stage and private dancers is pooled and allegedly split. Obviously I am worried about my earnings etc and how my dance money will be paid. Would it be considered a 'bonus' - and is that taxable? I suppose this way I won't have to do my own books and pay tax?