Services

Calculate an employee’s maternity pay (SMP), paternity or adoption pay, relevant period and average weekly earnings

Loans and mentoring for people looking to start or grow a business in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

How to request a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check for a potential employee: types of DBS check, how to request a check, how much it costs, how long it takes.

As an employer, if you provide company cars or fuel for your employees' private use, you'll need to work out the taxable value so you can report this to HMRC

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.

When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies

How to close a limited company - strike off, dissolution, voluntary liquidation - or allow to become dormant

Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.

Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.

How to close down your limited company by getting it struck off the Companies Register

Use this service to send your lease and rent details to the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) if you've been contacted by them

Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights

Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay

Find out if, and how, you need to register with HMRC when you start employing people.

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee

Find out what level of Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check you can get for an employee you’re recruiting. Formerly a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.

Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK

What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself

Check if your pay matches the National Minimum Wage, the National Living Wage or if your employer owes you payments from the previous year.

What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.