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Business banking
How to choose and manage a business bank account. Debit and credit cards for your business. Using payment cards to buy and sell goods or services. Accepting online payments. Foreign currency and exchange risks. ...
Expert financial advice
Guides which can help your business to find the right financial advice for different common and specific issues.
Finance
Guidance on raising finance, finance options, managing finance, financial planning and accounts, managing cashflow, improving business performance and managing a business when economic conditions are tough
Self Assessment
Guidance for the self-employed in Northern Ireland on the Self Assessment tax return including how to register, key deadlines and how to file your tax return
National Insurance
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on National Insurance numbers, rates and classes and how to pay your National Insurance
Selling or closing your business
Guidance on how to go about selling or closing your business including company strike-off and dissolving a company
Insurance
Get the right insurance for your business. Insure your business and assets - general insurances. Insure your business - people, life and health. Liability insurance. Insurance for international trade. ...
Debt recovery
Ensuring customers pay you on time. Recover your debts. Calculate the interest due on an unpaid debt. Formal requests for payment: statutory demands. Get help and advice about your debt problems. Recover debt through court. ...
Construction Industry Scheme
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on the Construction Industry Scheme including information for contractors and subcontractors and CIS
Paying HMRC
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on how to pay HMRC using various payment methods for specific taxes
Stamp and property taxes
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on stamp duty and property taxes
Managing suppliers and payments
Manage your suppliers. Invoicing and payment terms. Getting paid when selling overseas. Credit checking your customers and setting credit limits. Factoring and invoice discounting: the basics. Ensuring customers pay you on time. ...
Improve your cashflow and business performance
Assess your business' performance. Assess and improve your business cashflow. Ensuring customers pay you on time. Recover your debts. Avoid insolvency. How to turn your business around.
Capital Gains Tax
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on Capital Gains Tax they may be due on business assets, property, shares and investments
Manage your cashflow
Cashflow management: the basics. Decide whether to lease or buy assets. Identify potential cashflow problems. Invoicing and payment terms. Factoring and invoice discounting: the basics. Credit checking your customers and setting credit limits. ...
Making changes to your business
Guidance on making changes to your business including how to report changes to HMRC and Companies House
Tax reliefs and allowances
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on tax reliefs and allowances
Managing financial difficulty
Guides which can help your business through financial problems to find resolutions to suit different circumstances.
Record-keeping
Guidance on record-keeping for businesses including how to set up a basic system and free templates
Prepare to raise finance
What you can do to prepare your business to raise finance