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Guidance for UK companies on winning business from international aid and development projects.
Find out if you need to apply for the fit and proper test and how to do this so that HMRC can register your business.
Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Learn about the services we offer to businesses that enable you to check SIA licences, submit licence applications and pay the licence application fee.
Data on financial support measures announced by the government for businesses and individuals affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Find out about being 'active', trading and non-trading, and being dormant if you’re a new or existing company or organisation.
Business e-services customers can manage their portal accounts at any time.
How to protect your company from scams and fraud and how to report it.
Find out if simplified expenses suits your business. Compare what expenses you can claim using simplified expenses with what you can claim by working out the actual costs.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
Information on waste batteries excluded from the regulations, definitions and battery types.
Find out about gaining approval for a fair partial exemption special method if you deal with partial exemption for insurers.
Find out about a scheme used by individual landlords to avoid paying tax on their property income and reduce Capital Gains Tax and Inheritance Tax.
Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
Reclaim VAT you've paid on goods and services bought in the UK to use in your business if you’re registered as a business outside the UK.
This study tested the importance of alternative skills by comparing two types of training
This is a RPC short guidance note on issues around defining a ‘business’.
Information for UK businesses on political, economic and security risks when trading overseas.
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