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Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
How to find childcare, get help paying for it and what to do if your circumstances change.
Types of ISA available, the tax-free ISA allowance, withdrawing money and transferring ISAs
How to pay your voluntary Class 3 National Insurance contributions - Direct Debit, bank, cheque, payslips.
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
Getting help with tax returns, allowances, tax codes, filling in forms and what to do if you owe HMRC
Why tax credits go up, down or stop - changes to your family or work life you need to report such as a change of address.
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
Claim up to £5,000 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Contact HM Revenue and Customs if you cannot pay your tax bill - get more time to pay or pay in instalments.
Plan your retirement income - State Pension, improve your pension, pay National Insurance, check your State Pension age
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and spli…
Scottish rate of Income Tax, what it's paid on, who pays it, how to work out which is your main home.
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'.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
Use HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC) tax checker to get an estimate of how much Income Tax you should be paying.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also called …
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.
Use the 'Authorising your agent (64-8)' form to tell HMRC that you give authorisation for someone to act on your behalf for individual or business tax affairs.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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