We use some essential cookies to make this website work.
We’d like to set additional cookies to understand how you use GOV.UK, remember your settings and improve government services.
We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services.
You have accepted additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
You have rejected additional cookies. You can change your cookie settings at any time.
Departments, agencies and public bodies
News stories, speeches, letters and notices
Detailed guidance, regulations and rules
Reports, analysis and official statistics
Consultations and strategy
Data, Freedom of Information releases and corporate reports
Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
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.
You must keep records of your business income and expenses for your tax…
You’ll need to keep records of: all sales and income all business expenses…
You must keep your records for at least 5 years after the 31 January…
Find out if you're an accountancy service provider who needs to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
Find a list of simple record keeping applications, including cash basis and simplified expenses specifications.
Staying on top of finances is vital for small companies. A good accountant can help you do this and more.
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
Even the best-run business can face unexpected challenges and solvency issues. It's important you recognise the signs and understand your duties as a director.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
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.
Guidance on the official receivers' duty to deal with the books and records of insolvents.
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
How to send information to Companies House through our extensible markup language (XML) schemas, by purchasing software or developing your own.
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.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
To help us improve GOV.UK, we’d like to know more about your visit today. Please fill in this survey (opens in a new tab).