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Work out your new employee's tax code and starter declaration to set them up on your payroll software and register them with HMRC.
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Search for details of companies involved in insolvency proceedings, liquidation, frozen assets
Use this form to change the details of an individual who is a director.
Checks employers might need to run on job applicants, including right to work in the UK, Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS - formerly CRB) checks and health checks
Use this form to give notice of shares allotted following incorporation. Include the optional continuation pages if needed.
Find Companies House-recognised filing software to manage your company accounts, returns and tax accounts
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
Rights for interns and students in the workplace; work experience; work placements; rights to the National Minimum Wage.
If you provide company cars to your employees, use form P46 (Car) to tell HMRC
How to issue a winding up petition - forms and fees to wind up a company to recover any money you're owed.
Use this form to give notice of an unconditional change of name by resolution.
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
Find a licensed insolvency practitioner in your area.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
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