Dear bonza,
The inland revenue will not allow this to income averaged folling forward into the next tax year.
It has to be counted as your income for the tax year in which it was actually paid.
dear bonza,
This depends on how many days you worked.
Can you tell me how many days, count every 8 hour period as days?
And I assume this was part time delivery of services?
The average secretary or personal assisstant salary in the UK is 18,000 GBP.
However, the same type work doen by an executive assistance is: £32,000 - £42,000
Based on this, I think your salary is about right.
normally temporary secretaries only get about 15 GBP per hour for temporary part time work.
However I would not think your wage is too much, as you seem have been paid a lump sum, and he could say you were or are his executive assisstant.
Tax Preparer
GPHR Cert; U.S. Treasury Tax Advocacy Panel appointee