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What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
When you sell your business, you have legal responsibilities to staff you…
Your responsibilities when selling a partnership depend on whether you’re…
Your responsibilities will be different, depending on whether: you’re…
The Shareholder Executive (ShEx) managed the government’s shareholder relationships with businesses owned or part-owned by the government. In April 2016 the Shareholder Executive was brought together with UK Financial Investments (UKFI) under a single holding company – UK Government Investments...
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
The process you need to follow to repay your Help to Buy: Equity Loan when you decide to sell your home.
Find out which stocks and shares you can purchase, make or hold in an investor's stocks and shares ISA.
Find out the rules on investments using open market price rules and how you can charge for your services as an ISA manager.
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
Find information on a tax avoidance arrangement used to avoid tax and National Insurance contributions by selling future business revenues to a trust.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Guide for overseas investors on how to access NHS procurement channels.
Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
Compulsory and voluntary liquidation, the liquidation process, how liquidation affects company directors and the role of a liquidator
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Check the rules on ISA subscriptions and what counts towards the subscription limit if you're an ISA manager.
Tax and reporting rules for assets bought, sold or given
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
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.
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
What the public register is, what details you need to give us, and how the public can access this information.
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