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Check a UK VAT registration number is valid. Prove when you checked a number.
Find the contact details for a pension provider by using the Pension Tracing Service
Use this tool to find out what you need to do to get a tax refund (rebate) if you’ve paid too much Income Tax.
How to pay Corporation Tax: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or at your bank.
How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.
Sign in and submit ESL, RCSL and EU VAT refund application, and get help with lost username, password or account activation codes
How to pay PAYE and National Insurance for employers, including Construction Industry Scheme, student loan deductions, reference numbers, bank details, deadlines and payment booklets.
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
Class 1 National Insurance (NI) contribution rates for the current tax year, what NI category letters mean.
File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House
Capital Gains Tax when you sell a property that's not your home: work out your gain and pay your tax on buy-to-let, business, agricultural and inherited properties
Sign in to the Construction Industry Scheme online service to file your contractor monthly returns or verify a subcontractor.
How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.
Log in to HMRC's Stamp Taxes Online service to file your SDLT return as a solicitor, agent or legal conveyancer
You pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy houses, flats and other land and buildings over a certain price in the UK.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings
Relief from Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell your home - Private Residence Relief, time away from your home, what to do if you have 2 homes, nominating a home, Letting Relief
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
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