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Register as a sole trader with HM Revenue and Customs - your legal responsibilities if you run a business as a self-employed sole trader.
Get help to classify footwear and parts of footwear for import and export.
What you need to do if you set up as a sole trader - check your employment status, understand your obligations, and register for tax.
Find out how to charge and collect excise duty on fuel used in private pleasure craft and fuel used for private pleasure flying.
Find out the basic rules of VAT, how they apply to clubs and associations, and how to treat VAT on subscriptions and other payments.
Check which supplies of sport, physical recreation, and physical education services qualify for exemption from VAT.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Requirements for excise goods held in duty suspension in a warehouse by an authorised warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor in the UK.
Find out about the registered dealers in controlled oil (RDCO) scheme.
The Office of Tax Simplification has published a discussion document on a Sole Enterprise Protected Assets (SEPA) business model.
View the application submitted by Mr John Sole for Wickham Lodge, New Shingay, Shingay Cum Wendy, Royston, SG8 0HP.
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