A sole-proprietor is a person who owns a sole-proprietorship business that is registered with the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA). A self-employed person is a person who earns a living by carrying on a trade, business, profession or vocation.
If you are a sole-proprietor/self-employed person, you do not report to a boss, because you are your own boss. The income that you earn is considered your business profits, not your salary.
You are a self-employed person if you fall under any of the categories below:
Examples of:
| Trade and business: |
You own a manufacturing, construction, wholesale, service, or retail business. |
| Profession: |
You are a doctor, lawyer, accountant, or architect and you have your own business practice. |
| Vocation: |
You are one of the following:
- commission agent (for example, you are in the financial services, insurance, or property industry)
- freelancer (for example, you get fees for providing services as a deejay, singer, dancer, designer, fitness instructor, consultantetc.)
- owner of a hawker business or a food stall
- owner of a home-based business
- baby-sitter
- taxi-driver
- tuition teacher
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FAQ's
Yes, you are considered a self-employed person if you get paid for doing freelance work from home, and the money that you receive is considered your income from a trade.