A person who has received a £30,000 redundancy payout that they believe is tax-free asks whether they risk losing that tax treatment by working as a consultant. They say they are setting up as a digital marketing consultant and have secured a small amount of work, around a couple of days per week, after redundancy.
The outlets frame the issue as a tax and eligibility question tied to post-redundancy employment and contracting. One source presents it as guidance-seeking about whether taking consulting work can be treated as effectively returning to work for the original employer or undermining the conditions that allow the payout to be tax-free. The other source repeats the same core details and similarly focuses on the potential impact on the redundancy payout’s tax status.
While both articles cover the same scenario, they do so through the lens of the reader’s concern rather than reporting new official action or a specific tax authority decision.
