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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees

• Overview

  As an employer providing social functions and parties for your employees,…

• What's exempt

  You might not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or…

• What to report and pay

  If any of the events you provide are not exempt, you’ll have to report the…

• Technical guidance

  The following guide contains more detailed information: particular…

Registration is now open for the GCA’s 2026 Annual Conference on Tuesday 29 September.

• Updated: 1 July 2026

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• Updated: 19 August 2026

Rules and requirements on filing annual returns, annual accounts and company changes that must be filed by UK registered companies.

• Updated: 31 October 2014

Keep up-to-date with regular and ongoing events of the profession and beyond.

• Updated: 18 November 2022

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• Updated: 5 August 2026

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• Updated: 16 October 2025

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• Updated: 5 February 2026

Details of the Academy for Justice Commissioning’s events programme and presentations from previous events.

• Updated: 23 September 2020

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• Updated: 16 September 2025