Business and self-employed

Tools and guidance for businesses

Popular tasks

• HMRC online services: sign in or set up an account
• Self Assessment tax returns
• Pay employers' PAYE

Topics

• Setting up

  Includes self-employment and starting a business

• Business tax

  Includes Corporation Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Construction Industry Scheme (CIS) and VAT

• Business finance and support

  Finding finance, business support, writing a business plan

• Running a limited company

  Includes registering, setting up, company accounts and tax returns

• Expenses and employee benefits

  Includes company cars and paying tax on employee benefits

• Business debt and bankruptcy

  Includes bankruptcy, insolvency and recovering debt

• Business premises and business rates

  Includes business rates, leases, renting, planning permission, waste, and energy certificates

• Food, catering and retail

  Labelling and handling food, transporting, food safety

• Importing

  Includes moving goods in the EU and commodity codes

• Exporting and doing business abroad

  Includes moving goods in the EU and commodity codes

• Licences and licence applications

  Applying for licences for events and businesses

• Selling your business and closing down

  Stopping self-employment, winding up or liquidating a limited company

• Sale of goods and services and data protection

  Includes regulations for online retailers, offering credit and Trading Standards

• Childcare providers

  Includes registering as a childcare provider

• Manufacturing

  Managing waste, health and safety, regulations

• Patents, trade marks, copyright and designs

  Includes registering, protecting and applying for designs and patents

• Business waste and environmental impact

  Includes registering as a waste carrier, classifying waste, hazardous waste

• Scientific research and development

  Includes funding and support scheme guidance

• Maritime vessels and work at sea

  Includes health and safety onboard, crew, registering vessels