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Understand Tax and VAT when self-employed
Guides which can help ensure you understand your responsibilities when it comes to tax and VAT for your startup business
Manage business finances
Guides on why managing finance is an important part of starting and running your business
Family business
Understand the benefits and issues that affect family-run businesses, employing family members or financing from friends and family
Start-up business ideas
Guides and tools to help you find and develop ideas for ways to start up your own business in Northern Ireland
Hire professional services
Guides on how and why to hire professional service providers to help your business in the startup phase
Business planning
Guides on how to create a business plan for your startup and how business plans can be useful at different stages of your business
Record-keeping
Guidance on record-keeping for businesses including how to set up a basic system and free templates
Employment in your construction business
Guides to help constructions businesses understand their obligations and duty of care to employees
Claim VAT refunds in Northern Ireland or the EU, if you’re established in Northern Ireland or in the EU
How Northern Ireland and EU businesses can claim refunds of VAT incurred on goods in the EU and Northern Ireland using the EU VAT refund system.
Your UK visa sponsorship licence rating
Various ratings for a UK visa sponsorship licence and how to upgrade if your licence is downgraded
Certificates of UK visa sponsorship
You must assign a certificate of sponsorship to each foreign worker you employ
Immigration skills charge and UK visa sponsorship
You might have to pay an additional charge when you assign a certificate of sponsorship to someone applying for a Skilled Worker or Intra-company Transfer visa
Job suitability for UK visa sponsorship
You can sponsor a worker if the job they’re going to do has a suitable rate of pay and skill level, or meets the other criteria needed for their visa
Employer responsibilities for UK visa sponsorship
Employers have a number of responsibilities that they must meet when employing someone on a UK visa sponsorship
UK visa sponsorship for employers
You’ll usually need a sponsor licence to employ someone to work for you from outside the UK
If you cannot pay your tax bill on time
You must arrange to pay your tax bill with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you either miss a payment or know you cannot pay on time
UK visa sponsorship for employers - eligibility
Eligibility criteria for employers applying for UK visa sponsorship licence
Types of UK visa sponsorship licence
Types of licences for workers under the UK visa sponsorship including a worker licence and temporary worker licence
UK visa sponsorship management roles
You need to appoint people within your business to manage the sponsorship process when you apply for a UK visa sponsorship licence
Apply for your UK visa sponsorship licence
How employers can apply for their UK visa sponsorship licence