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Explains your responsibilities, including choosing a name, having a registered address, appointing designated members and registering with Companies House.
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
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.
Delay paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you transfer your business to a limited company in return for shares, check if you're eligible, let HMRC know if you do not want to claim Incorporation Relief (sometimes called 'business transfer relief')
Restore a company to the Company Register - administrative restoration, deadlines, fees and forms
What happens if your company cannot pay its debts and is given a court judgment, statutory demand or winding-up order by your creditors
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
Group Payment Arrangements let groups of companies save money by making joint payments of Corporation Tax.
As a landlord, find out if the leaseholders in your block have the right to take over management of your building, and the process they must go through to do this
How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register
Find out how to work out payments and when you should make them if your company’s annual taxable profits are over £20 million.
Use this form to tell us which of your company's records are held at the SAIL address.
How to move groups of agrifood products from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) to Northern Ireland, which may include consignments of Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme (NIRMS) goods and consignments of non-NIRMS goods.
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
What you need to know if you move or retire abroad - tax, pensions, voting and contacting your local council
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Tell Companies House about a move from administration to creditors' voluntary liquidation, for a company registered in Scotland.
Information on licensing needed for private maritime security companies (PMSC's) to provide maritime anti-piracy services in the ‘high risk area’ (HRA).
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.
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
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