Thanks Andrew. I kept on banging away at it thinking it had to be possible but I guess I'll have to accept the inevitable.
Trouble is, I can't just 'get on with it' because my new job requires me to register as Agent commercial affiliated to RSAC so I have to change things.
I think best way is to register OH as the voice over and me as the Agent Commercial, that way we can have more income to play with.
Daft system when you can't afford to start earning legally!
you've got it right, Celia. The AE scheme was never meant to be what it has turned out to be, it was meant to be a way of trying it out or earning a little extra cash legally rather than au noir. Expenses can't be claimed either as it's already very favourable, as soon as things take off then the idea is to switch to the conventional scheme/set-up. They don't want you to stay an AE! Don't forget to be a little machiavellian in what you do, sometimes it isn't worth telling people about a change, just get on with things, pay what's due and nobody will poke their nose in (as long as it's legal!)
and you're right about standard schemes - it's not easy coughing up thousands in advance for the RSI et al.