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Your duties, responsibilities and obligations as a director

As company director, you take on many legal requirements and duties. You must know what they are and when you need to complete them.

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Duties, responsibilities and obligations as a director

Limited company director basicsessentials

BasicKey information about being a directordirector.

Keeping records

Why you need to keep recordsrecords.

General duties

Some of the key general director duties.

Corporation Tax and VAT

Regular tax payments you may have to paypay.

Income Tax and National Insurance

Other tax payments you may have to pay.

Tax compliance checks

How HMRC can check the correct tax is paid.

Confirmation statementsstatement

Annual updates to your company’s circumstancescircumstances.

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Published 7 July 2023
Last updated 14 March 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added links to new pages 'Income Tax and National Insurance and 'Tax compliance checks

  2. First published.