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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.
How to make sure your business’ terms and conditions are fair, and avoid unfair contract terms
This guide is to help you and your business understand issues around data protection and privacy. It is intended for organisations that provide online services likely to be accessed by children.
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.
Free online training courses to help business protect against cyber threats and online fraud.
FCDO travel advice for Côte d'Ivoire. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Learn more about money laundering regulations and your responsibilities including the fit and proper test and approval process and report suspicious activity.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Employers have duty of care for those they employ overseas. Advice includes protecting company employees and how the UK government can assist.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
To sell goods to UK consumers, you may need to partner with other organisations, such as importers, distributors or retailers.
Understand how to follow safeguarding procedures when planning remote education strategies and teaching remotely.
Find out if you could claim the cost of training as an allowable business expense if you are a self-employed individual.
Find out how to protect your details, how to report fraud and what HMRC does to help keep you safe online.
Find out if your business needs to publish a tax strategy, what it should include and when to publish it.
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