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Contact Companies House to register your limited company, file returns and accounts
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.
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn EX320 and EX326 gu…
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Who's entitled to the minimum wage, what's included when working out the minimum wage, and what happens if there's a dispute.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties
Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
There is no law for a minimum or maximum temperature, but during working hours the temperature in all workplaces inside buildings must be reasonable
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy
PAYE Settlement Agreements (PSA) allow employers to make an annual payment to HRMC for some types of expenses and benefits - apply, renew, deadlines
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