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Estimate your business rates by multiplying the rateable value of your business property by a multiplier value set by the government.
Understand the letters and numbers in your employee's tax codes, know when to update someone's tax code
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
What happens if someone makes a money claim against you, saying you owe them money, and how you can respond or defend yourself
Your legal right to time off to care for dependants - when you can take time off, how long you get, your rights
Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) calculator - calculate SSP for an employee
Minimum working age and pay for children, how to apply for performance licences and what local council bylaws say about employing children, paying someone over 16
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.
Employer guide to Statutory Maternity Pay (SMP) and Leave - rates, eligibility, notice period, form SMP1, recover statutory pay
Employer and employee guide to unpaid parental leave - eligibility, how much leave can be taken and notice periods, postponing leave
What to do if you receive a county court judgment (CCJ) - how to get it set aside or change what you pay, what happens if you do not pay, how to search the register. Includes information from the withdrawn EX320 and EX326 gu…
When you do and do not have to offer a refund, repair or replacement, unconditional refunds for online purchases, and penalties for deceiving customers
Employer guide to Statutory Sick Pay - SSP rates, form SSP1, eligibility, fit notes (formerly sick notes), recover statutory pay.
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
Employers can use the 'Find a job’ service to advertise jobs online
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together
Use the Companies House online service to change your company's registered office address.
Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally
Get business support and advice over the phone and online - setting up and running a business.
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