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If you're self employed but don't have you're own ltd company you'll almost certainly be a sole trader. It's been a while since I was a sole trader (I'm self employed through a my own Ltd company) but iirc for sole trader you just put your name as the business and the business address is the same as where you live, it's all pretty straight forward. I would recommend getting an accountant though, I did my my own returns to begin with because I thought it was an worth saving the money (especially when I started out and didn't have a pot to piss in) but having someone sort all that out is well worth the money, takes all of the stress out of it.
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Ok, I'm about 3 pages into my self-assessment (for 2017-2018) and I'm already confused. I'm registered as self-employed (rather than a sole trader, I believe, although I'd really like to check that). In section 3 the form asks:
"How many self-employed businesses did you have?", which requires an answer of 1, 2, 3 etc. (no option for zero)
... and in section 4 it goes on to ask about the name, postcode, start date etc. of that business(es).
The problem is that I don't "have" any businesses, I simply do work for a couple of different companies and invoice them for it. What on earth do I fill in for those sections?
Also, "cash basis" or not?
Finally, the only expenses I incur for this work are subsistence (i.e., food) when I'm working in another city. These are reimbursed by the companies when I invoice them. Do these need to be declared as expenses and the reimbursements for them declared as income?