Knowledge Store

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Tax Tables

• Income Tax
• Corporation Tax
• VAT Rates
• Capital Gains Tax
• Inheritance Tax
• ISAs and PEPs
• National Insurance Contributions
• Pension Premiums
• Stamp Taxes
• Key Dates
• Selected Rates

Business Guides

• Business Rates
• Business Overseas
• Cash Requirements and Your Business
• Save Time Through Record Keeping
• Introduction to The Data Protection Act
• Record keeping - Tax; VAT

Employment Guides

• Record keeping - Statutory maternity pay; statutory sick pay
• A Guide to the National Minimum Wage

Directors and Company Secretaries

• Record keeping - statutory records
• Company Accounting Records
• Complying with Companies House

Useful Links

• HM Revenue & Customs
  
  
• HM Treasury
  The Treasury is the United Kingdom's economics and finance ministry. It is responsible for formulating and implementing the Government's financial and economic policy.
  
  
• The Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
  
  
• Companies House
  Responsible for incorporating and dissolving limited companies, examining and storing company information delivered under the Companies Act and related legislation, and making this information available to the public.
  
  
• Information Commissioner's Office
  
  
• Open Gov
  Directgov
  
  
• The Insolvency Service
  
  
• Tax office addresses
  Tax office addresses - search by name or number.
  
  

Useful Tools

• Europa
  Check whether a VAT registration number in any EC country is valid. (Enter number without any spaces.) N.B. The following alternative site also shows the date of registration.
  
  
• IR35 Calculator
  
  
• Rateable Value Checker
  Check new Rateable Value for your business premises, effective from 1 April 2005, and calculate estimated rates payable. You can also check the valuation details, and compare it to other properties.
  
  
• SDLT Calculator
  Lease Stamp Duty Land Tax calculator.
  
  
• Child Trust Fund
  Child Trust Fund calculator.
  
  
• Business Link
  Create a written statement of employment.
  
  
• VAT Flat Rate Scheme Ready Reckoner
  If your taxable turnover is below £150,000, check whether you would pay less VAT using the Flat Rate Scheme.
  
  
• VAT Scheme Eligibility
  Identify which VAT scheme your businesses is eligible for.
  
  
• SMP Calculator
  Statutory Maternity Pay calculator.
  
  
• DTI Redundancy Pay Calculator
  
  
• Statutory Sick Pay Calculator
  
  
• Car fuel BIK Calculator
  Inland Revenue car/fuel benefit in kind calculator.
  
  
• House Value Estimator
  
  
• Currency Converter
  
  
• Council Tax Band Identifier
  Find out the Council Tax band of any domestic property in England & Wales.
  
  
• Tenancy Deposit Regulation
  
  
• HMO Description
  What are HMO's Houses in Multiple Occupation?
  
  
• HMO Licensing
  Houses in Multiple Occupation Licensing Information
  
  
• Quoted Share Price for Specified Period
  Find the quoted price for any listed shares for any specified date or period. (Select the stock via the A-Z listing, click 'Quote' and then 'Historical Prices'.)
  
  
• Interest Base Rates
  Bank base rates since 1975
  
  
• HMRC Forx Rates
  Exchange rates: at tax year ends and average for tax years.
  
  
• Capital Gains Tax Indexation Allowance
  Find the current indexation allowance applicable to an asset acquired in any month since March 1982. (N.B. Indexation allowance only applicable up to April 1998 for disposals by individuals or trustees.)
  
  
• Disadvantaged Area Stamp Duty Checker
  Check whether a property qualifies for the disadvantaged area stamp duty concession. Note: new postcode areas may not be immediately added to the list, and the up-to-date position can be confirmed by telephoning.
  
  
• Individual Insolvency Register Search
  On-line register of individual bankruptcies and individual voluntary arrangements.
  
  
• EC Distance Selling Thresholds
  Check VAT registration thresholds for sales of goods to private consumers in other EC countries.
  
  

Official Links

• National Audit Office
  
  
• Bank of England
  
  
• The London Stock Exchange
  
  

Other Links

• Landlordzone
  LandlordZONE.co.uk - Rental Property Knowledge - Resource Site for Landlords, Tenants and Letting Agents.