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Self employment guides

General small business links

Tax and National Insurance

Banking links

Pensions

SELF EMPLOYMENT GUIDES

HMRC: Are you thinking of working for yourself

HMRC: Starting in business

HMRC Self Employed

Directgov: Work out if you're employed or self-employed

Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW): Telling HMRC when you become self employed

Adviceguide: Self-employment: checklist

Business Link: Starting up

GENERAL SMALL BUSINESS LINKS

Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: Enterprise and Small Business

Business Link

Federation of Small Businesses

FPB (The Forum of Private Business)

Companies House

Business Support (Wales)

Business Gateway (Scotland)

Invest Northern Ireland

TAX AND NATIONAL INSURANCE

HMRC: IR56 - Employed or self-employed? A guide to employment status for tax and National Insurance contributions

HMRC:Tax returns if you're self-employed or in a partnership

Directgov: Tax for the self-employed

Business Link: Tax matters

Business Link: Income tax self assessment for self-employed people

HMRC: VAT

BANKING LINKS

British Bankers' Association: Business Account Finder

Moneyfacts: Business Accounts

The Business Banking Code

PENSIONS

Business Link: Pension planning for the Self employed

The Pensions Advisory Service: Saving for Retirement - The Self Employed