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Emails

You can get business emails from HMRC to help you start your business.

E-learning

Find out about online courses to help you with tax, National Insurance, business records and expenses.

Webinars and videos

Live webinars last for an hour and you can ask questions throughout the presentation and get answers from your HMRC host. Theyre aimed at sole traders and business partnerships. Theyre not suitable for directors of limited companies.

Register and log in at least 5 minutes before a live webinar is due to start.

You dont need to register to watch the YouTube videos.

Getting started

How to tell HMRC youre self-employed, what National Insurance youll pay, how to keep records and budget for your first tax bill.

Hunan-gyflogaeth a Mae Cyllid a Thollau EM (CThEM): beth sydd angen i chi ei wybod

Sut i hysbysu CThEM eich bod yn hunangyflogedig, pa Yswiriant Gwladol fyddwch yn ei dalu, sut i gadw cofnodion a chyllidebu ar gyfer eich bil treth cyntaf.

Business expenses

What kind of business expenses you can claim, eg, working from home or paying for thing you need for your business.

Capital allowances

How to claim tax relief when buying or improving things, eg, vehicles or equipment that you buy to keep in your business.

HMRC digital services

How to access and make the most of record keeping apps and other digital support tools.

Your online tax return

How to register for Self Assessment Online and complete your tax return.

Record keeping

How to keep records, set up a records system and how long to keep records.

Your payments to HMRC

This webinar explains how your first tax bill is calculated and payable.It also explains how you can budget for your first bill and covers options for paying HMRC.

Simpler Income Tax

Find out what cash basis is, how it works and who can use it. The webinar also covers simplified expenses and how you can reduce your record keeping.

New start ups

This webinar is hosted by the department of Business Innovation and skills and HMRC. The webinar also demonstrates HMRCs latest digital products designed to help and support businesses.

Self-employed childminders

Tax and National Insurance issues affecting self-employed childminders.

Foster carers

How to use qualifying care relief, keeping records and what to put on your tax return.

Shared Lives carers

For those in Shared Lives care, eg, Adult Placement care, Kinship care, staying-put care and parent and child arrangements. How to use qualifying care relief, keeping records and what to put on your tax return.

Supported Lodgings

How to use the Rent a Room scheme and what records you need to keep.

Property income

An introduction to property income, registration, record-keeping and the Rent a Room and Furnished Holiday Lettings schemes.

Advice and help

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