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VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs.
Find out how to get HMRC PAYE forms including P45, P60, starter checklist (which replaced the P46), P11D.
Whistleblowing - what it is, who to tell, what to expect and how to complain if you're treated unfairly
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission.
Find registered designs in the UK
Start a business to help people or communities - business structures including community interest companies and co-operatives
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
Taking your car out of the UK - when VAT is not payable on a car you're exporting, procedures, registration and vehicle tax.
Use the sponsor management system - employers sponsoring Worker and Temporary Worker visa holders
Use this online form to appoint an individual as a company director.
Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)
You must tell DVLA if you've had any epileptic seizures or blackouts - download the correct form to let them know
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
You must tell DVLA if you have obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) or any sleep condition or apnoea which causes excessive sleepiness.
Rules employers must follow when making staff redundant - consultations, notice periods, compulsory and non-compulsory redundancy and redundancy pay
When your limited company doesn't have to get its accounts audited, what you need to put on your accounts if you don't and what to do if shareholders ask for an audit
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