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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.
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…
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.
It’s important that you keep up-to-date records of the income and expenditure connected with your company.
How to access the historical censuses from 1841 to 1921.
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.
Employment agencies and businesses must keep proper records and can be inspected by the Employment Agency Standards (EAS) Inspectorate; the records you must keep, how long to store them and what happens if you're inspected
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.
The council advises the Lord Chancellor on issues around public records over 30 years old, including public access to records when they’re transferred to the National Archives. The council also advises on requests by government departments to keep hold of...
Information for learning providers, local authorities and awarding organisations on how to use the Learning Records Service (LRS)
Records that must be kept when supplying or administering veterinary medicines in the UK.
Find out what records and accounts you must keep to support the information that you submit on your Plastic Packaging Tax return.
Using metadata to make it easier to catalogue, validate, reuse and share your data.
Ask your local police to give you a copy of the information they hold about you - CRB check, DBS check, proof of identity
Contact information for the National Records of Scotland
Guidance on the official receivers' duty to deal with the books and records of insolvents.
Order birth, adoption, marriage, civil partnership and death certificates from the General Register Office (GRO) - find GRO index numbers
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Data and Records guidance for standardised waste packages containing Low Heat Generating Waste (LHGW)
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