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Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
If you’re running an employment agency or employment business you must…
You only have to keep records of work-seekers if you take action to find…
You must keep the following records about any hirers who contact you with…
Client account records Records for entertainment and modelling agencies…
The Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate checks that employment…
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
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.
As the trustee of a registered pension scheme you are responsible for accurate record keeping to support your tax returns.
Find out what information to send to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) and what records you need to keep as a Dairy Producer Organisation.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
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.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you’re a passenger plane operator.
Records you must keep if you’re liable for Cider Duty.
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.
Find a list of simple record keeping applications, including cash basis and simplified expenses specifications.
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 livestock records Countryside Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Find out what livestock records Environmental Stewardship agreement holders need to keep.
Guidance for academies and academy trusts on record keeping and retention.
Guidance on medicines for food and non-food horses and record keeping requirements including the horse passport.
This measure introduces new digital record-keeping and reporting requirements for businesses within the charge to Income Tax.
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