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What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Claiming Universal Credit if you're self-employed - eligibility, reporting your earnings, start up periods
Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Use supplementary pages SA103F to record self-employment income on your SA100 Tax Return if your annual turnover was above the VAT threshold for the tax year.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
Guidance, forms and helpsheets for self-employment. Including setting up your business, filing returns, claiming expenses and how to get help and support.
Tell HMRC if you've stopped being self-employed, or you're ending or leaving a business partnership - responsibilities, tax returns, letting any employees know.
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Sign in and send your Self Assessment tax return online.
Sign in or set up a personal or business tax account, Self Assessment, Corporation Tax, PAYE for employers, VAT and other services.
Self Assessment tax returns - deadlines, who must send a tax return, penalties, corrections and returns for someone who has died.
Use supplementary pages SA103S to record self-employment income on your SA100 tax return if your annual business turnover was below the VAT threshold for the tax year.
Use form SA1 to register for Self Assessment for any reason other than self-employment.
National Insurance contributions if you're self-employed - rates and exceptions.
Check how to register and file your Self Assessment tax return, apply to reduce payments and find information on keeping records.
These manuals contain guidance on self-employment.
Find out how much you need to put aside for your Self Assessment tax bill if you're self-employed by using HM Revenue and Customs' (HMRC's) self-employed tax calculator.
How to report profit on your Self Assessment tax return from 2023 to 2024 if your accounting year does not end on or between 31 March to 5 April.
Use the Check Employment Status for Tax (CEST) tool to find out if you, or a worker on a specific engagement, should be classed as employed or self-employed for tax purposes.
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