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When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
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.
The Business List contains three separate sub-lists: business financial services regulatory and pensions business. Business We deal with a wide range business disputes, often with an international dimension. Frequently these concern a business structure (company, LLP, LP, partnership etc) including:...
Find out about changes to the Business Investment Relief rules from 6 April 2017.
What you need to do or know if your company is sold, stops trading or is being wound up for Corporation Tax purposes.
Requirements for excise goods held in duty suspension in a warehouse by an authorised warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor in the UK.
We deal with complaints about cases where a company name is registered for the primary purpose of preventing someone else with legitimate interest from registering it, or demanding payment from them to release it. Company Names Tribunal works with the...
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
You can report serious concerns about your employer to us, if you suspect wrongdoing in an area we regulate.
This is a RPC short guidance note on issues around defining a ‘business’.
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
How to use a risk-based approach to carry out compulsory risk assessments of your business.
Find out about risks of excise duty evasion and other commercial risks if you're an excise warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor.
How to identify and report harmful trade practices that affect your business when exporting, importing or operating domestically.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
Object to a company's application to be removed from the companies register - how to find out if a company's applied for insolvency, who can object, how to object, what happens next.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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