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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Find out about the tax avoidance arrangements used by some umbrella companies.
A company that enters formal insolvency will in many cases have outstanding debts.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
When your limited company doesn't have to get its accounts audited, what you need to put on your accounts if you don't and what to do if shareholders ask for an audit
This guide covers the process to restore a company name to the Register of Companies.
Letters sent by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to companies about their non-compliance with market investigation orders and undertakings.
How to claim a VAT refund in the UK if you're established outside the UK.
How to complete your CT600 Company Tax Return form for Corporation Tax and what information you need to include.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Making changes to your company - passing resolutions, changing addesses and where your records are kept, your company name and type, directors' and secretaries' details, share structure, constitution
File changes to your company information including directors, shareholders and registered office address, and where your company records are kept
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Complain about or report company for breaking the law or committing fraud, running scams, or selling faulty products of services
How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant
Find out how to check your payslip to make sure you are not involved in a tax avoidance scheme, operated by some umbrella companies.
Find out about paying Corporation Tax, instead of Income Tax, if you’re a non-UK resident company with UK property income.
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
Find out what to do with your payroll and PAYE reference numbers if your business changes but does not cease to trade.
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
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