Guidance

HMRC email updates, videos and webinars for company directors

Learn more about your responsibilities as a company director.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
6 September 2017
Last updated
41 FebruaryOctober 20252024 — See all updates

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Registering and joining webinars

You can register for webinars in advance but we recommend you join each webinar 5 minutes before the start.

Self Assessment

New to Self Assessment — an introduction

Watch a collection of videos about being new to Self Assessment.Assessment — an introduction.

New to Self Assessment.

You’llYou will learn about:

  • key dates
  • the tax return
  • understanding your calculation
  • budgeting for and paying your tax bill
  • record keeping
  • the HMRC app
  • personal and business tax accounts

Online Self Assessment tax return

Watch a collection of videos about your online Self Assessment tax return.

Your online Self Assessment tax return.

You’llYou will learn about:

  • starting your tax return
  • the different sections of the return including:
    • the self-employment section
    • the UK property section
  • other income and tax reliefs
  • finishing your return
  • your calculation and payments

Corporation Tax

Watch a collection of videos about Corporation Tax.

Corporation Tax.

You’llYou will find out:

  • what Corporation Tax is
  • how to complete your first Corporation Tax accounts
  • how to pay your Corporation Tax bill

Company directors — payroll and you

Live webinar

Register for the next live webinar about company directors — payroll and you.

This webinar is for new company directors and more experienced directors who want to refresh their knowledge.

You’ll learn about:

  • directors’ responsibilities
  • directors and PAYE
  • expenses and benefits
  • keeping records
  • Income Tax and National Insurance contributions that directors pay
  • payroll information that has to be submitted to HMRC

Recorded webinar

Watch a recorded webinar about company directors — payroll and you.

Employee work expenses

Watch a collection of videos to find out about claiming work-related expenses.

Employee work expenses.

You will find out:

  • what work-related and flat rate expenses are
  • what professional fees and subscriptions you can claim
  • what expenses you can claim if you work from home
  • how to claim work related expenses
  • if you can ask someone else to claim expenses on your behalf

Limited companies and HMRC

Recorded webinar

Watch a recorded webinar about limited companies and HMRC — an overview.

You’llYou will learn about:

  • directors’ responsibilities to HMRC, including company and personal responsibilities
  • changing from self-employment to a limited company
  • Corporation Tax
  • payroll and PAYE for directors
  • keeping records
  • how to avoid fines

UK Freeports

Recorded webinar

Watch a recorded webinar about UK Freeports and the possible benefits of locating in a Freeport customs site.

You’llYou will learn about:

  • UK Freeports
  • possible tax and customs benefits offor locating2 indifferent a Freeport customs sitebusinesses

How to add a tax through your business tax account

Watch a video to find out how to add a tax through your business tax account.

How to add a tax through your business tax account.

You’llYou will find out how to add the following services:

  • Corporation Tax
  • Self Assessment
  • PAYE for employers
  • VAT

Research and Development (R&D) for tax purposes

Recorded webinar

Watch a recorded webinar about Research and Development for tax purposes.

You’llYou will learn about:

  • R&D for tax purposes
  • what does and does not qualify for tax relief

Research and Development (R&D) — how to claim R&D tax relief

Watch a video about how to claim R&D tax relief.

How do I claim Research and Development (R&D) tax relief?

You’llYou will find out:

  • what types of projects are eligible for R&D tax relief
  • what is not classed as an R&D project
  • how to claim R&D tax relief

Recorded webinar

Watch a recorded webinar about Research and Development — how to claim Research and Development tax relief.

You’llThe findwebinar outexplains what you need to do when making a claim for R&D tax relief.

The merged scheme for Research and Development (R&D) expenditure credit

Register for the next live webinar about the merged scheme for Research and Development expenditure credit (RDEC).

You’llYou will learn about:

  • the merged scheme
  • contracted out R&D
  • subsidised expenditure
  • additional tax relief for R&D intensive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

HMRC community forums

You can use the online HMRC community forums to ask questions, see what others are asking and get answers.

Updates to this page

Published 6 September 2017
Last updated 41 FebruaryOctober 2025 2024 + show all updates

  1. Recorded webinar link for UK Freeports has been updated. Link to video playlist on employee expenses removed.

  2. New video collections added for 'New to Self Assessment' and 'Online Self Assessment tax return'.

  3. A new live webinar has been added about the merged scheme for Research and Development (R&D) expenditure credit.

  4. A live webinar has been added and a recorded webinar has been updated for for company directors — payroll and you.

  5. Recorded webinar links for Research and Development for tax purposes and how to claim Research and Development tax relief have been added.

  6. A collection of videos on employee work expenses has been added.

  7. A new video showing how to claim Research and Development (R&D) tax relief has been added. New recorded webinar links have been added to the 'Payroll and you' and 'UK Freeports' sections.

  8. A new recorded webinar link about 'Limited companies and HMRC' has been added.

  9. A new live webinar link about 'Payroll and you' has been added.

  10. A link to a recorded webinar about UK Freeports and the possible benefits of locating in a Freeport customs site has been added.

  11. The link to the recorded webinar for Payroll and you has been updated.

  12. A new section and a recorded webinar about limited companies and HMRC has been added.

  13. Information about the HMRC help and support email service and a new ‘HMRC community forums’ section has been added.

  14. The link to register for the next live webinar about company directors — payroll and you has been updated.

  15. A video has been added about completing your first annual accounts with Companies House.

  16. A link to YouTube videos about Corporation Tax has been added.

  17. The link for the webinar ‘Payroll and you’ has been updated.

  18. A link to register for the next live webinar about company directors – payroll and you has been added.

  19. The links to register for webinars ‘company directors — payroll and you’ and ‘HMRC and Companies House working together for you’ are no longer available.

  20. The video 'How to add a service through your business tax account' has been updated.

  21. A link to register for the next live webinar about company directors – payroll and you has been added.

  22. Added YouTube video on 'How to add a service through your business tax account'.

  23. A new catch up webinar has been added about payroll and you - company directors.

  24. The webinar registration link has been removed from the 'Payroll and you' section.

  25. A link to register for the next live webinar about company directors - payroll and you has been updated.

  26. A link to register for the next live webinar about company directors - payroll and you has been added.

  27. The 'Support with research and development' section has been removed.

  28. The webinars for 'Payroll and you' and 'HMRC and Companies House' have been updated.

  29. A link to a live webinar for 'HMRC and Companies House working together for you' has been added.

  30. The webinars for research and development and expenses that qualify have been updated.

  31. The webinar for 'company directors - payroll and you' has been updated.

  32. The webinar for company directors – payroll and you has been updated.

  33. The webinar for ‘Payroll for company directors’ has been removed. The webinar links for ‘company directors – payroll and you’ and ‘HMRC and Companies House working together for you’ have been updated.

  34. The webinar for 'company directors - payroll and you' has been added.

  35. The webinar for HMRC and Companies House working together for you has been added.

  36. The register your company, payroll for company directors and how to claim research and development tax relief when you receive a grant webinars have been updated.

  37. YouTube video for 'Paying your Corporation Tax bill' added.

  38. The HMRC, Companies House and Intellectual Property Office working together webinar has been removed.

  39. The webinar link for 'register your company and know your responsibilities' has been updated.

  40. The webinar links for 'register your company and know your responsibilities' and 'payroll' have been updated.

  41. The latest and next webinar about HMRC, Companies House and Intellectual Property Office have been added.

  42. A new webinar on HMRC, Companies House and Intellectual Property Office has been added.

  43. New videos added about support with research and development.

  44. The link 'latest available payroll webinar in section 'Payroll for company directors' has been updated.

  45. First published.

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