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Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
Research into understanding the reasons for forming a company.
An initiative for companies committed to integrating 10 corporate responsibility principles in their business operations and strategies.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Find out how to value company benefits for your employees.
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.
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 how to claim input tax on funded pension scheme expenditure for both employers and trustees.
Guidance about working in collaboration with other charities.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
To start a charity you need trustees, to choose a business structure, decide suitable charitable purposes and you may have to register with the Charity Commission
If your company isn’t a charity you need Charity Commission permission to use the words ‘charity’, ‘charity’s’, ‘charities’ or ‘charitable’ (known as sensitive words) in its name.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
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