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How to register for VAT, change your details, cancel your registration, register for VAT in EU countries.
Workers' rights to rest breaks at work - length of breaks, how your age affects rest breaks, exceptions to the rules for shift workers, young people, and drivers
How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.
Find out if a potential employee's document gives them the right to work in the UK and which documents employers should check.
Who can check your criminal record for a role, the application process and how to recognise a genuine certificate.
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Becoming an apprentice - what to expect, apprenticeship levels, pay and training, making an application, complaining about an apprenticeship.
Who can get National Insurance credits and how to apply or when to pay voluntary National Insurance contributions.
Maternity Allowance is paid to pregnant women who do not get Statutory Maternity Pay - rate, eligibility, apply, form MA1
What the Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) is, work covered by the scheme and find out whether you should register as a contractor or subcontractor.
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Print your SA302 tax calculation and tax year overview if you're applying for a mortgage and need proof of earnings.
Carer's Credit helps carers fill gaps in your National Insurance record to help you qualify for the State Pensions and other benefits - what you'll get, eligibility and how to claim
Requesting flexible working, how to make an application, what business reasons an employer can give to reject an application and how to appeal.
As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees' private use, you'll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HMRC
How to pay your VAT bill - including online by card or Direct Debit, from your bank with HMRC’s bank details, by standing order or at your bank or building society.
Additional State Pension, also known as the State Second Pension or SERPS, is extra money on top of your basic State Pension.
Income Tax on payments from pensions, tax-free allowances, how you pay tax on pensions.
Your Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - what you get, how to claim, maternity rights and extra help
What your P45, P60 or P11D form is for, and how to get a copy if you cannot get it from your employer or have lost it.
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