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Employer guide to Statutory Paternity Pay or Leave - entitlement, eligibility, notice period, forms SC3 and SPP1, recover statutory pay.
How VAT works, what VAT is charged on, VAT thresholds and VAT schemes.
Current VAT rates - standard 20% and rates for reduced rate and zero-rated items
Taking early retirement can affect the pension and benefits you get
Set up a Direct Debit payment with HMRC to pay your tax bill, including Self Assessment, PAYE, VAT and Corporation Tax
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
VAT repayments - work out if you're due a VAT repayment using your VAT Return
Working out a director's National Insurance, using their annual earnings period, what to report to HMRC.
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
How to bring goods into the UK from any country, including how much tax and duty you’ll need to pay and whether you need to get a licence or certificate.
When and how to pay tax if you get money from someone's pension pot after they die - including 'death in service' benefits
Sign in to use the Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) service
Age-related tax allowance, calculating tax if you carry on working, National Insurance payments
Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs.
Workplace pensions - your employer's responsibilities to you to provide a workplace pension and what automatic enrolment means to you
Steps you must follow when importing vehicles into the UK, including making an import declaration, paying VAT and duty and telling HMRC using the NOVA service.
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Use this form to file your Company Tax Return by post if you cannot file it online, or if you want to amend a return you've already submitted.
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