I am a professional tutor. Incidentally, I teach regularly at a school as per the offer made by them and I get paid as per my hours of teaching work. Is my income liable to be taxed as income from Salary?
No. On these facts there doesn’t
exist an employer-employee relationship since you get paid for your services
and time spent. The income may be liable to be taxed as business income.
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