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Business advice workshops

HM Revenue and Customs'  West Anglia advice team offer help and advice for you and your business. A number of free workshops are being held in Peterborough from how to set up a limited company to how to complete your tac returns.

Business advice open days on offer

Becoming self employed

Registration and NIC for the self employed, Record Keeping, Paying your Tax and NIC.

Self assessment (SA) for the self employed

How to complete the self employed pages of your self assessment return. What you can and cannot claim and when to submit it.

Setting up a limited company

How to form a private limited company and the obligations that go with it.

Paying your employees

Calculate your employees Tax and NIC using the Employers CD-ROM

Calculating national insurance contributions for directors

Calculating Directors NIC – specific rules. A knowledge of PAYE / NIC is essential for this workshop.

Paying expenses and giving benefits to employees

Tax and NIC rules relating to the most common types of expenses and benefits.

Statutory sick pay (SSP)

Paying SSP to eligible employees and operating the SSP scheme.

Statutory payments for maternity, paternity & adoption

Paying SMP/SPP/SAP to eligible employees and operating the schemes.

Construction industry scheme (CIS)

Registration, employment status, verification of sub contractors and completion of contractor monthly returns.

Completing employers end of year returns P35 (February to May only)

How to complete and submit the P35 and P14 Returns online.

Completing end of year returns for expenses and benefits P11D (Apr to June only)

Employers - how to complete the P11D/P9D Returns.

VAT awareness for those not yet VAT registered

What is VAT, the different rates and how does it work. How and when to register for VAT. Reclaiming expenses made prior to your VAT registration.

An introduction to VAT for newly registered businesses

Keeping records and completing the VAT return. Schemes for small businesses. What expenses you can and cannot reclaim on your VAT return.

An introduction to international trade

Basic Import / Export terminology. An outline of Customs procedures and possible ways of reducing costs.

Employers CD Rom

How to use the CD Rom to it's full potential, including how to register.

Online Filing (for Employers)

How to submit your employers PAYE forms online, including how to register.

When and where

Workshops are run in a number of locations across the region. Business events in Peterborough are as follows:

 

Becoming self employed Friday 29 January
  Wednesday 24 February
  Friday 5 March
  Thursday 18 March
   
Setting up a Limited Company Friday 26 March
   
Self assessment for the self employed Thursday 21 January
   
Intro to VAT for newly VAT registered businesses Friday 22 January
  Thursday 18 March
   
An introduction to international trade Thursday 25 February
   
Paying your employees Wednesday 3 March
   
Completing end of year returns for expenses and benefits P11D       Wednesday 12 May
   
Completing employers end of year return P35 Monday 12 April
  Wednesday 21 April

Further information

For more information or to book contact HM Revenue and Customs'  central booking line on 0845 603 2691. For some events you can also book online at www.hmrc.gov.uk/bst/work.htm. Visit www.hmrc.gov.uk or telephone 0845 603 2691 for national locations and future dates.