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Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Upper Tribunal Tax and Chancery decision of Judge Rupert Jones and Judge Ashley Greenbank on 12th June 2024
Certain company transactions that may be open to challenge if the company enters liquidation or administration.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
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.
Guidance on the European Union regulation on explosives precursors, including licensing, labelling and reporting suspicious activity
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
When and why HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) might check an SDRT transaction and what the possible outcomes could be.
HMRC may check your Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) return to make sure you've paid the right amount.
Access information about the volume and type of applications completed each month.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
How transactions between connected companies should be priced for UK tax purposes.
DWP updates plan to catch benefit cheats after saving £1.3bn last year alone
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