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What is a financial statement and why should directors maintain them?
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…
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
As a director of a limited company, you must: follow the company’s rules,…
How you take money out of the company depends on what it’s for and how…
You must report certain changes to Companies House. Changing your…
You must keep: records about the company itself financial and accounting…
You need to check that the information Companies House has about your…
Signs You must display a sign showing your company name at your registered…
Guidance on the official receivers' duty to deal with the books and records of insolvents.
It’s important that you keep up-to-date records of the income and expenditure connected with your company.
A framework to help schools to collect information about their income and expenditure.
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.
Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
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.
This information allows further education colleges, sixth form colleges, and designated institutions established under the provisions of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 to compare their financial data with national totals and other colleges and organisations.
Guide and links to further information about financial returns academy trusts submit to the Education and Skills Funding Agency.
The financial reporting manual (FReM) and supporting documents provide guidance to preparers on the production of annual report and accounts.
If you're an energy producer, supplier or customer, check what records and accounts to keep to help you complete returns and claim any reliefs or exemptions.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
(Part 3 of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984/Schedule 7 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004)
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
This series brings together all documents relating to Financial data
Using MI online, you can access, download and print financial statements either for your own office or for the whole firm.
The responsibility for your company’s money lies with you, the director.
OSCAR is a cross government tool maintained by HM Treasury (HMT).
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