Don't involve EPF. They highlighted in case of Wipro. 
 If you can keep it strictly cash (even with TDS), it is legal under tax laws

Yep. No EPF. Money shall be credited to my account with TDS deduction. That is fine? 
  
 Should I ensure a separate bank account?

Software Engineer

Separate account doesn't change anything. All details get captured by PAN. If you are really worried, use a family member's account to accept

Consultant

I have been doing this for 3 years now. Money gets credited in my account after the TDS deduction. Just make sure EPFO is not involved. Use a different account if possible.

Machine Learning Engineer

Mostly fired if they find out.  
  
 In this climate unless the consulting upside is significant it’s not worth the risk 
  
 OR 
  
 Tell your employer you’re doing this and consult stress free. lol this ain’t happening

Generalist

I didn't know this was an issue. I thought side projects and making money out of it is not my employer's concern at all

Product Manager

If your company thinks you have hope, they will crush it

Why do you want to consult in the first place ?

Can I work as a consultant in a different domain while I'm with another company?  Will consulting have implications if my employer figures out? Also how can my company figure out that I am consulti...

Welcome to Software Engineers's Private Community

Can I work as a consultant in a different domain while I'm with another company?

Will consulting have implications if my employer figures out? Also how can my company figure out that I am consulting? Can they check PAN Card details? I’m guessing this is different from moonlighting since I’m not employed at two places. It’s just that I’m consulting 

What's the smart way to go about this? Should I use a different bank account or something?

P.S : The consulting work is in a different domain but mainly just for one company.

Can you consult in another field when you are employed?

Can you consult in another field when you are employed?- Grapevine

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I'm currently working on an FTE job - wherein the offer letter its mentioned "During the term of your employment with the Company, you may not engage in any employment or act in any way, which either conflicts with your duties and obligations to the Company, or is contrary to the policies or the interests of the Company."

Now, I'm getting enough time and I want to consider working in a 0-1 startup, and the new company I'm joining will know about my current employer - The above mentioned is the only clause the current employer have regarding working in other company. Can the current employer legally put a case anytime in the future if they get to know this? - what are the loopholes I can use here?

What position I can join in as (Consultant, Advisory role) - Still an early career professional in order to avoid conflict afterwards.

Thank you for your help!!

Needed quick Legal Advice - On Moonlighting

Hi, I am currently working as an SDE in India. I want to start a small business (online consultancy) with a friend which will require some legal stuff like GST and partnership firm/company registration in India. 

For the initial days of the business, we will be working full time as well and will work on our business in our free time. If this scales well, we'll probably leave our jobs and work on the business full time.

Now, I have a few questions regarding this
- is it a case of moonlighting? 
- What will happen if my employer gets to know this in the future? 
- What are the legal implications in India for this?
- What are the workarounds for this? 

I've seen many people selling some courses or having a restaurant or some small business along with full time employment. How do they manage to do so?

Start a business alongside fulltime corporate slavery

Founder

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

How can we do side projects with any consultancy? And what about payment should we take it in different bank account than yours. 
Just to be safe from permanent job company.

Consultancy side hustle

Tech Lead

I have a question I'd like to clarify. Am I permitted to engage in consultancy work outside the company to earn additional income?

Inquiry About Outside Consultancy Work

Data Scientist

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

I want to know if freelancing, tutoring, content writing etc comes under moonlighting and how to avoid being noticed in my current full time job? Any suggestions are appreciated

Is it possible to take a second job during weekends or part time in weekdays?

Question to guys who are working part time for a startup Or foreign client along with a regular job.. How do you manage payments and hide your side-gig from your primary employer? 

Can you take payments in your own account or in account of someone else? 

How do you ensure your employer don't find out.. Perhaps use a different laptop .

Folks doing part-time moonlighting with a regular job, how do you manage payments?

Data engineer

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My company doesn't allow working for anyone else including freelancing.
I'm a fresher so I don't know what information my company can access with my PAN Number.
The second job also has TDS,I don't know how the Form 16 works.

Could someone please help me out?
I want to freelance without getting caught/losing my full-time job.

Moonlighting

Been receiving DMs on LinkedIn for paid consultations. Have received DM from GLG, Guidepoint, and others. 

Anyone here tried these consultations gigs? Are those actually work?

All those consultation DMs that we get on LinkedIn. Anyone tried that?

In the current scenario, I can't rely on only one source of income. 

Can you give me some tips on how to get a moonlight job and how to handle the work at both places and how to hide the info of my moonlight job.

Also if your are an ex-/moonlighter then do share your own experience.

Tips to do moonlighting

Hello, I started working as SDE at a regular tech firm a few months back. Prior to that I wanted to get into freelancing, even did a few projects.

In the offer letter it's clearly stated that "shouldn't have any other interest in business" and talking around looks like they probably don't want us to have any other sources of income.

I feel confident in few skills that I can more on side, (not greedy need more financial stability)

My Questions
[1] Freelance platforms (fiver, upwork, etc) ask for pan, is it okay if I give my friends/family pan ?
[2] Should I register for a LLP on their name, use that pan everywhere and run the business myself ?
[3] Is it good idea to run it under an alias ?


Any advice / insight / experience would be highly appreciated 🙏

Freelance without company knowing?

I currently freelance but I've also got a full time job offer.

Can i continue taking freelance income in my salary account or should I avoid taking freelance income under my PAN and get that in maybe my parents account?

Freelance income in salary account?

Pre Sales

Welcome to Business Roles's Private Community

Anyone doing moonlight jobs please DM me need second income to survive

Anyone doing moonlight jobs please DM me

System Engineer

Hi members,

Need your help in understanding future risk if I sign contract offer letter for a second job. I am full time working presently but due to sudden financial crisis caused by a business loss of my father I want to support him with extra income from secondary job,

I gave and cleared interview for US client .
The company is new setup and I thought I was offered a freelance role but now the company has shared a offer letter and the owner said he is ok with me submitting PAN Card of my wife/mother for salary to be credited . There is no PF account setup involved and has assured me there would be no conflict with my first job.

He is asking to sign offer letter and come into employment with him as he wants to start his company as a full fledged org starting with hiring freelancers.

Is it advisable to go ahead or is there risk of first job org coming to track it or the owner can blackmail me if he turns out to be fraud.
I know ethically wrong and this is my first time trying second job due to circumstances.
Please advise how to safeguard myself.

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