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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.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing entertainment for clients
Use this guidance if you're an employer or are responsible for arrangements to share tips, gratuities and service charges in catering and service industries.
Supplementary guidance on how to check tax calculations or work out the trading profits of a business for Self Assessment tax return.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) have merged to form the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). For information on education and skills, see the Department for...
Find out what amount of tax relief your employee is entitled to for business journeys.
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.
Stopping self-employment, winding up or liquidating a limited company
Tax and reporting rules for employers who provide transport subsistence expenses for employees.
A guide to starting and growing a business from home.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
Finding finance, business support, writing a business plan
Latest FCDO travel advice for Mexico including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
Government has launched Help to Grow: Management Essentials, a new online training course for small business leaders.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
Includes self-employment and starting a business
If you're an employer and provide expenses or benefits to employees or directors, you might need to tell HMRC and pay tax and National Insurance on them
Learn more about the support available to tax agents and advisers which will help you and your clients.
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
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