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Guidance you should consider when considering the employee shareholder employment status.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
If you’re a company, find out if you can claim full expensing or the 50% first year allowance on plant or machinery costs.
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Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Procurement options available from the Crown Commercial Service for the public sector.
Company's purchase of own shares: Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (See also Tax Bulletin, Issue 21, February 1996, page 280).
How to account for VAT if you're a supplier and accept purchasing cards, or a business that buys goods and services using a purchasing card.
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Find out about changes to Corporation Tax relief on goodwill and relevant assets if you're a business or tax agent.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Use this form to give notice of a purchase by a limited company of its own shares.
Find technical information about the VAT reverse charge if you buy or sell building and construction services.
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