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How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
Apply for probate or confirmation if there's Inheritance Tax to pay, or if the deceased's estate does not qualify as an 'excepted estate'.
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
How to work out splitting up money, property and possessions when you divorce or dissolve a civil partnership - including mediation.
Proof of Child Benefit - what you can use.
Value the estate of someone who's died so that you can get probate: work out if tax is due, check how to report the estate's value, complete the correct form.
National Insurance - your National Insurance number, how much you pay, National Insurance rates and classes, check your contributions record.
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Financial help if you're disabled - benefits, housing costs, council tax, vehicle tax exemption, TV Licence, motability schemes, VAT relief
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
The steps you must take when someone dies - register a death, report a death with Tell Us Once, coroners, funerals and death abroad.
Check what to do after a death - how to register the death, notify government departments and deal with the estate.
Find out when your Child Benefit payments are due, and payment dates for bank holidays.
Understand your Self Assessment tax bill - your tax calculation, statement, balancing payments, payments on account.
You pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy houses, flats and other land and buildings over a certain price in the UK.
UK border control - passport checks, visas for entering, customs, transiting and layovers.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
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