Starting a business and self-employment
Understand sole proprietorship or self-employment registration, tax and social-security letters, VAT registration, licences and the paperwork involved when you start working for yourself.
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Business and banking
Understand the paperwork that comes with running a business and dealing with banks.
Working for yourself or running a company creates documents from tax authorities, banks, customers, lenders, payment providers and public registers. These guides help you understand common business and banking paperwork, identify what deserves attention and see when a document may require action.
Business registration and company documents
Understand incorporation papers, commercial-register extracts, director and shareholder records, beneficial ownership documents and official company changes.
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Business taxes and VAT
Understand VAT returns, tax assessments, advance payments, filing notices, deductible expenses and correspondence about business taxes.
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Business invoices and payment demands
Understand invoices, payment terms, reminders, overdue balances, debt-collection letters, credit notes and payment plans.
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Bank accounts and bank letters
Understand account-opening documents, fees, statements, restrictions, closure notices and letters asking you to provide information or take action.
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Loans, credit and financing
Understand loan agreements, credit facilities, interest, repayment schedules, collateral, covenants, late payments and default notices.
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Cards, payments and transactions
Understand card disputes, chargebacks, bank transfers, failed payments, transaction notices and documents about suspicious or disputed activity.
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KYC, source of funds and compliance
Understand why a bank asks for identity, beneficial-owner, source-of-funds, tax-residency, FATCA, CRS or account-review documents and what information it is requesting.
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Closing or changing a business
Understand deregistration, liquidation, address changes, director or shareholder changes, business closure notices and documents used when a company changes structure.
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