The Business Support Team is a dedicated team trained to provide help and advice to employers and the self employed.  The Inland Revenue have arranged a series of free workshops designed especially to help you.

 
 

Workshops currently on offer
If you need help with a problem that is not covered here, then please get in touch with your local Business Support Team, contact details below.

• Online Services
  This presentation provides details of the online services currently offered by Inland Revenue.
  
  
• For Employers Paying Your Employees 
  Helps you to work out your employees' tax and National Insurance, and gives you tips on how to keep good records and where you can turn to for help.
  
  
• Calculating National Insurance Contributions for Directors 
  Explains the special rules for paying Directors, along with the higher rates of tax and 'K' codes.
  
  
• Paying expenses and giving benefits to your employees
  This workshop will cover the most common types of expenses and benefits, and explain which tax and National Insurance will be due.
  
  
• Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) 
  Talks you through how to pay SSP to eligible employees, and what you need to know if you operate your own sick pay scheme.
  
  
• Statutory Pay and Leave for Maternity, Paternity and Adoption( SMP, SPP and SAP)
  Helps you with paying SMP, SPP and SAP to eligible employees, explains what the leave conditions are and with what to do if an employee is not eligible.
  
  
• Paying Tax Credits 
  Talks you through how to pay tax credits to your employees and what records you need to keep.
  
  
• Collecting Student Loans
  Explains how and when to deduct student loan repayments.
  
  
• End of Year Returns (runs February-April) 
  Explains how to complete your End of Year Returns, which forms you need to send to the Inland Revenue and when they are due.
  
  
• End of Year Expenses and Benefits (runs February-June) 
  Helps you with filing your End of Year Returns of Expenses and Benefits, and tells you which forms you need to fill in and when.
  
  
• For Businesses
  Becoming Self-Employed 
  Starts you off on the right track by explaining how to register, the basics of tax, National Insurance and VAT, along with what you will need to do and when to send information.
  
  
• Self-Assessment (SA) for the Self-Employed 
  Aimed at sole traders and partnerships we can explain how to complete your SA return. The workshop will cover expenses and allowances, the important dates, and how to pay your tax.
  
  
• For the Construction Industry
  The Construction Industry Scheme - for contractors and subcontractors 
  Talks you through how the ID card and voucher scheme works and how it affects you.
  
  
• For Companies
  IR35 - Calculating the deemed payment 
  If you are affected by the procedures outlined in the Government Press Release IR35, this workshop can explain how you can calculate the payment.
  
  
• Setting up a limited company
  Helps you with the basics of forming a limited company, and lets you know how to register with Companies House, the Inland Revenue and Customs & Excise.

These workshops are held around the East Midlands and usually last for 3-4 hours. The workshop programme continues all year round.

• View a training workshop booking form on the Inland Revenue website.
  
  For further information phone 01332 724436.