Children Working

[JKPOLYMERS]

According to GOV.UK about child employment a child can work part-time from the age of 13 without paying NIC or tax provided they're earning less than the threshold.
To keep my child out of trouble I was looking at the option of paying him to come to work with me giving her £100/£150 a week on weekends and during holidays.

What is the threshold for children aged 13 and below 18?

Can I make her earn his pocket money by working with me instead of giving her the money to use without doing anything?

What can I offer her and how will it work?

[pawncob]

The personal allowance is the same whatever the age, so £100 pw is well below the threshold.
There are many restrictions on what children can do, so make sure it's legal.

[JKPOLYMERS]

Thanks pawncob for the reply.
She'll be cleaning a warehouse and picking up rubbish in the yard, so I'm sure it's law abiding. Then again someone might say its not.

Would I need to put her on the payroll? So technically she could be given 11k salary at the age of 13 for cleaning and pay for my holiday

[pawncob]

yes, but remember, HMRC regularly challenge the commercial reality of employing family members!

[bd6759]

You need to ask yourself how much you would pay an unconnected person to do that work. If you pay any more than that it won't be an allowable expense for your business.

Apart from that, you can give your daughter as much as you want for doing as little as you want.