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The amount you earn, and how often you're paid your wages, can affect your Universal Credit.

• Updated: 19 August 2025

Work out how much money you'll get when you retire and plan ahead - State Pension, Pension Credit, National Insurance

• Overview

  A pension is a way to save money for later in your life. You may be able…

• Your pension options

  You can pay into as many pension schemes as you want. It depends on how…

• Private pension schemes

  Workplace pensions and personal or stakeholder pensions are a way of…

• Pensions from the government

  The pension you get from the government (‘State Pension’) is based on your…

• Working past State Pension age

  You might decide that you do not want to stop working when you reach State…

• Get help

  When planning your pension and retirement income you might need help with:…

Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.

• Overview

  You need to keep records if you have to send HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…

• How long to keep your records

  You must keep records about your business income and costs for longer if…

• Employees and limited company directors

  Income from employment You should keep documents about your pay and tax,…

• Savings, investments and pensions

  You should keep all: bank or building society statements and passbooks…

• Rental income

  You should keep details of: the dates when you let out your property all…

• Capital gains or losses

  You may have to pay Capital Gains Tax if you sell (or ‘dispose of’)…

• Overseas income

  You should keep: evidence of income you’ve earned from overseas, like…

Offshore wind firms must sign up to a ‘Fair Work Charter’ to participate in government renewables auctions.

• Updated: 4 February 2026

Find out whether you need to pay tax on your UK income while you're living abroad - non-resident landlord scheme, tax returns, claiming relief if you’re taxed twice, personal allowance of tax-free income, form R43

Tax and reporting rules for employers paying income tax on a directors' behalf

Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.

If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...

Income Tax is a tax you pay on your earnings - find out about what it is, how you pay and how to check you're paying the right amount using HMRC's tax calculator.

Income Support is extra money to help people on a low income or none at all - rates, eligibility and how to claim