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Tax and reporting rules for employers providing entertainment for clients
As an employer covering the costs of your employees providing…
What to report and pay depends on the type of entertainment and who…
Find out how to account for VAT on entertainment provided by your business.
Information on whether you need approval to put on certain types of regulated entertainment.
How to tax employee expenses for entertaining clients.
Information for entertainers and musicians, from non-visa national countries, such as EU Member States and the US, visiting the UK for performance and work.
Information on the different types of alcohol licences available and guidance on how to apply for them.
This report (HPA-CRCE-016) explains the impact of recent legislation on artificial optical radiation on the entertainment industry.
Withhold tax on payments to foreign entertainers and sportspersons when they exceed their personal allowance and how to make payments to HMRC.
You usually need a licence from PPL PRS to play live or recorded music in public - includes playing background music at your business, and staging live music or theatre productions.
You'll need a premises licence if you want to sell alcohol or offer entertainment from a particular venue
You need a Temporary Event Notice if you want to carry out a 'licensable activity' on unlicensed premises in England or Wales
Rules covering how entertainment and modelling agencies work; charging fees and refunds for for finding work
A checklist for musical artists and accompanying staff working, performing or touring in an EU country, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein.
Apply for a Temporary Work - Creative Worker visa to work in the UK in the creative industry - eligibility, extend, bring your family.
Find out if you need a licence to show films - public screenings, using film in schools, choosing a licence, penalties for breaching copyright
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
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