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Download HMRC's free payroll software Basic PAYE Tools
When you need planning permission, where to apply, what counts as permitted development and how to appeal a planning permission decision
Find out what to do if you've just registered a limited company - rules to follow, financial support and what to register for.
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Claim up to £10,500 off your employer's National Insurance (NI), who is eligible, how to claim using your payroll software.
Apply for a sponsor licence so you can sponsor foreign workers or students to come and work or study in the UK
Check if you can get a reduction in your business rates bill with business rates relief and find out how to apply.
Check if someone is disqualified from being a company director, when their disqualification starts and ends, why they were disqualified.
Use this form to terminate the appointment of an individual or corporate director.
Employers must make reasonable adjustments to make sure workers with disabilities or health conditions are not substantially disadvantaged
What new employers need to do for PAYE, including choosing whether to run payroll yourself, paying someone for the first time and keeping records.
Employer calculator - calculate your employee’s statutory redundancy payment
Tell HMRC about changes to your business - a change of name, address, legal structure or business activity
How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties
Find registered designs in the UK
Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
Search for companies that can do Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks on your behalf (formerly Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks)
Guidance for employees and employers: employment rights when on maternity, paternity, adoption, neonatal care or parental bereavement leave - keeping in touch days, annual leave, returning to work, redundancy.
Running a business from home - insurance, business rates, expenses, tax allowances
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