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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks
Apply for a certificate to confirm that you only need to pay UK National Insurance contributions if you're a self-employed individual working temporarily in an EU country, Gibraltar, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway or Switzerland.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
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.
Register for a Common Platform account for viewing and managing cases in criminal courts.
Employees working for one employer without a break, employments rights for continuous services, breaks that do not affect continuous service
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Luxembourg and how to get one if you do.
Guidance for employers on employing someone outside the UK.
Find out if you could claim the cost of training as an allowable business expense if you are a self-employed individual.
Buying or commissioning services from outside the UK, Europe or abroad. Paying VAT on services.
Where you can work, your rights, healthcare, tax and National Insurance payments.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Steps SMEs can take when bidding for government contracts so they can compete with larger companies.
Who and what Ofqual regulates, how to apply to be regulated and what happens when you want to stop being regulated.
Learn more about money laundering regulations and your responsibilities including the fit and proper test and approval process and report suspicious activity.
Find out the different ways you can get client authorisation including the digital handshake, Online Agent Authorisation service, paper forms and through your client's business tax account.
You can start Shared Parental Leave (SPL) and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (ShPP) if you're eligible and you or your partner ends your maternity or adoption leave early - eligibility, entitlement, starting SPL and splitting blocks of leave
Guidance for employers about DBS checks, including how to apply, registering with the DBS and the code of practice.
Check if you need a visa or permit to work in Germany and how to get one if you do.
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