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Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company
A limited company is a company ‘limited by shares’ or ‘limited by…
You must choose a name for your business if you’re setting up a private…
You must provide a registered office address and email address when you…
Your company must have at least one director. Directors are legally…
Most limited companies are ‘limited by shares’. This means they’re owned…
When you register your company you need: a ‘memorandum of association’ - a…
Use this service to register your company with Companies House. You will…
Most companies register for Corporation Tax and PAYE as an employer at the…
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How to register an overseas entity and its beneficial owners or managing officers, so it can buy, sell or transfer property or land in the UK.
Who can set up employee ownership, employee shares and engagement, employee directors, model documentation
How an obliged entity can make a report if there’s a material discrepancy between the information it holds about a person with significant control (PSC) or registrable beneficial owner of an overseas entity, and the information on the Companies House...
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
Check if you're a joint tenant or tenants in common. Change from joint tenants to tenants in common, or tenants in common to joint tenants
How to account for VAT if your business allows goods and services to be used for temporary or permanent private use.
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.
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
What you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured products you place on the market in Great Britain.
You may be able to use an open individual export licence (OIEL) to regularly export similar controlled items to the same customer.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
Find out about Authorised Investment Funds (AIFs) including certificate of resident requests, new fund set up and tax payments, returns and vouchers.
What private maritime security companies (PMSCs) with a trade control licence must do when their circumstances change like leaving the sector or merging.
How to apply for bankruptcy: how long it lasts, bankruptcy restrictions, what happens to your home and assets when you're bankrupt.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Buy or get someone's permission to use a patent, trade mark, design or work under copyright
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