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What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Guidance, forms and helpsheets for self-employment. Including setting up your business, filing returns, claiming expenses and how to get help and support.
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Use supplementary pages SA103F to record self-employment income on your SA100 Tax Return if your annual turnover was above the VAT threshold for the tax year.
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.
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Check how to register and file your Self Assessment tax return, apply to reduce payments and find information on keeping records.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Sign in or set up a personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers, VAT and other services.
Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.
Use supplementary pages SA103S to record self-employment income on your SA100 tax return if your annual business turnover was below the VAT threshold for the tax year.
Sign in and send your Self Assessment tax return online.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
These manuals contain guidance on self-employment.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Use form SA1 to register for Self Assessment for any reason other than self-employment.
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