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What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
You must keep records of your business income and expenses for your Self…
You’ll need to keep records of: all sales and income all business expenses…
You must keep your records for at least 5 years after the 31 January…
Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
You need to keep records if you have to send HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…
You must keep records about your business income and costs for longer if…
Income from employment You should keep documents about your pay and tax,…
You should keep all: bank or building society statements and passbooks…
You should keep details of: the dates when you let out your property all…
You may have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you sell (or ‘dispose of’)…
You should keep: evidence of income you’ve earned from overseas, like…
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
The financial reporting manual (FReM) and supporting documents provide guidance to preparers on the production of annual report and accounts.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
This series brings together all documents relating to Financial data
It’s important that you keep up-to-date records of the income and expenditure connected with your company.
Information allowing colleges established or designated under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to compare their financial data with national totals and other organisations.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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