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How to set up a charity: find trustees, choose a name and structure, create a governing document, meet the public benefit requirement, register your charity.
Use their P45 (or starter checklist, which replaced the P46) to get information from your new employee, set them up on your payroll software, tell HMRC.
Who gets copyright, types of work it covers, permitted use of copyright material, how to license and sell copyright and help resolving disputes
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Find government-owned property, buildings or land that's available to rent or buy, or contest its use
What Gift Aid is, who can claim, what donations are eligible for Gift Aid, Gift Aid declarations for your charity or community amateur sports club (CASC), how to claim
How to take court action to repossess a property or evict a tenant if you're owed money for rent or a mortgage
Find out about your business rates bill, business rate relief or pay your bill through your local council
What intellectual property is, how you can protect it, and which of copyright, patents, design right and trade marks applies to your work
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
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
Application for a personal licence requires your licensing qualifications and details of previous or outstanding applications.
Use these schedule spreadsheets to claim back tax through Gift Aid, Gift Aid Small Donations Scheme (GASDS) or other income using Charities Online.
How to apply for bankruptcy online: how much it costs, get help paying the fee, what you’ll need
The main things you need to consider when employing people for the first time or if you've never hired an employee before
Complete the VO 6048 form and return it to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you have a self-catering or holiday let property in England.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
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