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Become a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Search online for a will, grant of representation or probate document for a death in or after 1858
When you start repaying your student loan, your monthly repayments, what to do if you have 2 jobs or are self-employed, how to get a refund if you've overpaid.
How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.
Choosing a legal structure when you're starting a business: the differences between being a sole trader and a limited company, including legal risk, registration and taxes.
Check how much Income Tax you paid to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) last year. Check your P800.
Find out if you need to apply for probate to deal with the estate of someone who’s died. Discover how to apply for probate or letters of administration and what to do if there’s no will.
What Capital Gains Tax (CGT) is, how to work it out, current CGT rates and how to pay.
Sign in and submit ESL, RCSL and EU VAT refund application, and get help with lost username, password or account activation codes
Estimate the Child Benefit you've received and your High Income Child Benefit tax charge
Apply for your first National Insurance number - you must have the right to live and work in the UK.
Enrol and use HMRC's PAYE Online service to send payroll information to HMRC, to view the balance of what you owe, and to access tax codes and notices about your employees
Sign in to your Help to Save account - check your balance, grow your savings and bonus, read your messages and do other tasks
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - online, Direct Debit, bank transfer, cheque.
How you're taxed on dividend payments and how your income affects the amount of tax to pay
File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House
Fit notes (formerly sick notes), holiday during sick leave, returning to work, long-term sick, dismissals
What you need to do if you start working for yourself.
You pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy houses, flats and other land and buildings over a certain price in the UK.
Marriage Allowance allows you to transfer some of your Personal Allowance to your husband, wife or civil partner: what you need, how to apply for free online.
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