Hello.

I'm thinking of going freelance at my job, as my circumstances are going to be changing in a couple of months, and wondered if any of you chaps had experience/advice in regards to the payment/tax situation.

I assume, as I'll be filling out a self-assessment form, that my wages will be put into my bank account *initially* as gross, then the tax payment will be taken out at the end of the year? Are self-assessment forms as much of a pain in the arse as people make them out to be?