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Bring photo ID to vote Check what photo ID you'll need to vote in person in the General Election on 4 July.
OTS outlines scope of new project on practical tax reporting and payment arrangements
Research to improve knowledge of self-employed tax credit claimants and how they may react to the introduction of Universal Credit.
The employment status of au pairs, nannies, carers, personal assistants and other people who work in your home - how to tell if they're an employee or not, what happens with the National Minimum Wage, tax and National Insurance, what...
This report summarises the characteristics of self-employed Universal Credit (UC) claimants during Autumn 2020-2021.
A comparison of the numbers of self-employed broken down by length of time in employment.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Persons seeking to enter or remain in the United Kingdom as a businessman, self-employed person, investor, writer or composer or artist (paragraphs 200A to 237).
Self-employment in the UK has fallen since the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. This article explores changes in the characteristics and composition of self-employed workers and flows out of self-employment to other economic activity statuses. Includes data from 2019...
An article on the barriers to self-employment for young people in the UK (aged 22 to 30 years).
Statistics by range of self-employment income and source.
Find guidance to help decide the employment status of a worker, including employment intermediaries.
The characteristics of self-employed workers in April to June 2012. For example it looks at the hours worked, age and occupation of self-employed workers.
Tools and guidance for businesses
Government rewards hard work with record tax cut to National Insurance for 29 million workers
Reforms to occupational health services will be shaped through a £1.5m innovation fund, through Innovate UK's Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI), as the government continues its drive to tackle in work sickness and boost economic activity using new technology and...
Includes self-employment and starting a business
This new report explores ways to simplify tax for self-employed people and residential landlords.
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