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What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Guidance, forms and helpsheets for self-employment. Including setting up your business, filing returns, claiming expenses and how to get help and support.
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.
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.
How to know whether the operatives you deploy are employed or self-employed, and what this means for tax and national insurance.
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Check how to register and file your Self Assessment tax return, apply to reduce payments and find information on keeping records.
Use supplementary pages SA103S to record self-employment income on your SA100 tax return if your annual business turnover was below the VAT threshold for the tax year.
Use a simpler calculation to work out income tax for your vehicle, home and business premises expenses
Find guidance to help decide the employment status of a worker, including employment intermediaries.
How Universal Credit works if you are self-employed and how to report your self-employed income and expenses to Universal Credit every month.
Use supplementary pages SA103F to record self-employment income on your SA100 Tax Return if your annual turnover was above the VAT threshold for the tax year.
Find out how much you need to put aside for your Self Assessment tax bill if you're self-employed by using HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) self-employed tax calculator.
Learn more about your responsibilities if you're running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
Overview of OTS work relating to simplifying tax reporting and payments for self-employed people.
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