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The purpose of this guidance is to help you to determine: whether two (or more) apparently separate businesses are, in reality, a single entity and whether they have been separated artificially
Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company.
How an obliged entity can make a report if there’s a material discrepancy between the information it holds about a person with significant control (PSC) or registrable beneficial owner of an overseas entity, and the information on the Companies House...
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
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