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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out if you can register for VAT under the VAT registration scheme for racehorse owners.
Find out how to apply to operate as a registered consignor of excise goods.
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Includes self-employment and starting a business
Register as an owner of duty suspended goods held in an excise warehouse or as a Freeport owner of excise goods held in a Freeport excise warehouse.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
Find out about a scheme used by individual landlords to avoid paying tax on their property income and reduce Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax.
Find out if you need to register your business if you produce, import, warehouse, sell or deal in motor and heating fuels.
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
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.
Find out about the registered dealers in controlled oil (RDCO) scheme.
Set up and run a business partnership - naming a partnership, registering with HMRC, partnership tax returns and legal responsibilities
Find out who can use, and how to apply to join the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme.
You must register as an overseas company in the UK to do business legally - find out about what you need to do
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
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