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A patent registers your invention and lets you take legal action against anyone who makes, uses, sells or imports your invention without your permission.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Your insurance must cover you for at least £5 million - check authorised insurers and how you can be fined
Find HMRC-recognised payroll software to manage your Real Time Information (RTI) PAYE payments and deductions.
Pay the data protection fee to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and update your details on the data protection register
Find out about your business rates bill, business rate relief or pay your bill through your local council
Fire safety in business and non-domestic premises: the responsible person, fire risk assessments, shared premises, new buildings, enforcement, appeals and penalties
You can receive an unlimited fine for employing an illegal worker - find out what happens and what you can do
How to pay Class 1A National Insurance for employers, including a HMRC reference number, bank details, Faster Payments, CHAPS, Bacs, overseas payments and deadlines.
Form PE2: Application to file a statutory declaration out of time.
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 register a statement of satisfaction in full or in part of a mortgage or charge against a company.
Register a mortgage or charge at Companies House that was created or evidenced by an instrument on or after 6 April 2013.
Regular payroll tasks - record employee pay, calculate deductions, give payslips, report to and pay HMRC, view the balance of what you owe HMRC.
Use this form to give notice of change of details for person with significant control.
What you must do by law with a deductions from earnings order (DEO or AEO) to make child maintenance deductions from your employee's pay.
Use this form to change the registered office address of a company in liquidation, or if you're restoring a company, or if it has a default address.
Application for a personal licence requires your licensing qualifications and details of previous or outstanding applications.
How to move goods from the UK to international destinations, including any special rules you’ll need to follow to move your goods from the UK.
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