HMRC email updates, videos and webinars if you’re self-employed
Learn more about your responsibilities if you’re running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
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Subscribe to the HMRC help and support email service to get information on a wide range of topics for individuals, businesses, employers and agents.
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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.
Tax basics — a starter guide for small businesses
Recorded webinar
Watch a a recorded webinar about tax basics — a starter guide for small businesses.
If you’re thinking of starting your own businessbusiness, you can find out about the tax basics you’ll need to know.
You will learn about:
- why it is important to get your tax right
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- using records to work out taxable profits
- information to record
- records where there is business and private use
- the new rules and when they will affect you
- what you or your agent will need to do
- choosing the right software
- signing up for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
- how to authorise an agent
- following the rules
- benefits and opportunities
- the new rules and when they will affect you
- what you or your agent will need to do
- choosing the right software
- how to authorise an agent and sign up
- following the rules
- benefits and opportunities
- the new rules and when they affect you
- what you need to do
- choosing the right software
- how to authorise an agent and sign up
- following the rules
- benefits and opportunities
- 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
- how to register for Self Assessment
- which structure to use when registering
- why you would be sent a tax return
- your first Self Assessment tax return
- cryptoassets and paying tax
- 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
- tailoring your Self Assessment tax returns
- state benefits and your online tax return
- PAYE underpayments
- estimated underpayments
- declaring foreign income to HMRC
- claiming expenditure against Capital Gains Tax
- cryptoassets and paying tax
- basic record keeping
- your self-employed tax return
- cash basis and simplified expenses
- what expenses you can include in your Self Assessment tax return
- claiming motoring expenses
- calculating your business expenses for rent, rates power and insurance costs
- other allowable business expenses
- Class 2 National Insurance contributions
- viewing your Self Assessment tax return calculation
- budgeting for your Self Assessment tax bill
- paying your Self Assessment tax bill
- using the HMRC app to make a Self Assessment payment
- help if you cannot pay your tax bill
- Self Assessment penalties
- appealing a late filing penalty
- why your tax return asks about income contingent student loans
- why your tax return asks about postgraduate loans
- how to show student loan and postgraduate loan repayments on your tax return
- filling in tax returns if you have income from a property
- Rent-a-Room relief
- joint lettings
- the property income allowance
- rent, rates, insurance and ground rent
- property repairs and maintenance
- loan interest and other financial costs
- other allowance property expenses
- who must send a tax return
- starting your tax return
- the ‘Tell us about you’ page
- tailoring your tax return
- what employment records you will need
- the employment page of your tax return
- showing taxable employment benefits and expenses
- claiming tax relief on work related expenses
- student loan and postgraduate loan deductions
- details of your business and turnover
- expenses
- capital allowances and balancing charges
- other tax adjustments
- losses
- tax deducted and Class 4 National Insurance contributions
- Class 2 National Insurance contributions
- Rent-a-Room relief and joint lettings
- the qualifying conditions for furnished holiday lettings
- when to record income and expenses
- the property income allowance
- the property expenses page
- adjustments for other property income
- profits and losses for other property income
- bank interest
- dividend income
- state pensions
- other state benefits
- work pensions
- High Income Child Benefit Charge
- payments into pensions
- payments to charity
- blind persons relief
- marriage allowance
- underpaid tax and other debts
- overpaid tax
- what to do if you’ve not paid enough tax
- checking your return
- saving and submitting your return
- amending your return after you’ve sent it
- what’s included in your calculation
- payments on account
- the full Self Assessment calculation
- what to pay and when
- budget payment plans
- payments already made
- how to pay
- what to do if you cannot pay on time
- what records to keep
- how to organise and keep your records and for how long
- keeping personal and business transactions separate
- VAT and making tax digital
- travel
- office equipment
- staff costs and more
- what a business journey is
- flat rate expenses
- actual cost method
- capital allowances
- hire purchases and leasing arrangements
- what we mean by income from property
furnishedholidaylettings- when to record income and expenses (traditional accounting and cash basis)
- property income allowance
- the Rent-a-Room Room Scheme
- allowable expenses and deductions from property income
- Capital Gains Tax
- Stamp Duty Land Tax
- Inheritance Tax
- revenue and capital expenses
- repairs and improvement costs
- expenses before you start letting your property
- mortgage and finance costs
- travel costs for business journeys
- replacement of domestic items relief
- what allowable business expenses are
- the most common business expenses, to show what is and is not allowable
- simplified expenses
- record keeping
- entering accurate figures on your tax return
- annual investment allowance
- first year allowances
- writing down allowances
- record keeping
- reporting rules for online sellers
- what you need to do
- Self Assessment
- Corporation Tax
- PAYE for employers
- VAT
- adding your National Insurance number to Apple or Google Wallet
- signing in to the HMRC app for the first time
- when you’re in the app
- using your online account to add to your wallet
- further help and support
- what mini umbrella company fraud is
- what labour fraud is in the construction industry
- how increases to the State Pension can affect your pay
- how you pay any tax due on your State Pension if it’s more than your Personal Allowance
- what the Informants Scheme is
- who can make a report
- who can benefit
- what information you’ll need to provide
- what happens after making a report
- the confidentiality of the information you provide
Record keeping
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about record keeping for the self-employed.
This webinar is aimed at sole traders and partnerships. It is not suitable for those with limited liability partnerships or limited companies.
This webinar gives an overview on and the importance of keeping good business records.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about record keeping for the self-employed.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about how to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
This webinar will help you understand more about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax and the steps you can take to get yourself ready.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about how to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you are a landlord and joint property owner
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you are a landlord and joint property owner.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper
Live webinar
Register for the next next live webinar about how to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper.
This webinar will cover how to sign up and be ready for Making Tax Digital when you have to start using it.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Self Assessment
New to Self Assessment
Watch a collection of videos about Self Assessment on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Starting Self Assessment
Watch a collection of videos to find out about starting Self Assessment on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Online Self Assessment tax return
Watch a collection of videos about your online Self Assessment tax return on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Filling in tax returns
Watch a collection of videos to find out about filling in tax returns on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Self-employed tax returns
Watch a collection of videos to find out about self-employed tax returns on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Self Assessment tax bills
Watch a collection of videos to find out about Self Assessment tax bills on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Student loan and postgraduate loan tax returns
You will find out about:
UK property income — tax returns
Watch a collection of videos to find out about UK property income — tax returns on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Starting your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about starting your online tax return.
This webinar will cover how to get started with completing your online Self Assessment tax return.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about starting your online tax return.
The employment section of your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about the employment section of your online tax return.
This webinar will help you understand more about filling in the employment section of your online Self Assessment tax return.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about the employment section of your online tax return.
The self-employment section of your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about the self-employment section of your online tax return.
This webinar will cover how to fill in the self-employment section of your online Self Assessment tax return.
You will learn about entering:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about the self-employment section of your online tax return.
The UK property section of your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about the UK property section of your online tax return.
This webinar will cover filling in the UK property section of your online Self Assessment tax return.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about the UK property section of your online tax return.
Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return.
This webinar will help you understand other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return.
You will learn about what qualifies as other income, such as:
And what you may get reliefs on, including:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return.
Finishing your online tax return
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about finishing your online tax return.
This webinar will help you understand how to finish your online Self Assessment tax return.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about finishing your online tax return.
Your Self Assessment calculation and payments
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
The webinar will cover your Self Assessment tax return calculation and payments.
You will learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
Online tax return help for landlords
Check help and support for landlords to watch catch up webinars on how to fill in your online tax return for income from property.
Business expenses
Watch our short series of videos about expenses.
Self-employment records you need to keep
Watch a video about self-employment records that you will need to keep.
What self-employment records do I need to keep?.
You will find out about:
Self-employed expenses you can include in your tax return
Watch a video about what expenses to include in your Self Assessment tax return.
What self-employed expenses can I include in my tax return?.
You will find out about:
Car expenses for the self-employed
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about car expenses for the self-employed.
This webinar is for self-employed sole traders and self-employed partnerships. It is not suitable for limited companies, or company directors.
You’ll learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about car expenses for the self-employed.
Residential property income for individuals
Residential property income for individuals — an introduction
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about residential property income for individuals — an introduction.
You’ll learn about:
This webinar will not tell you about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about residential property income for individuals ― an introduction.
Residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions.
You’ll learn about:
This webinar will not tell you about the basics of letting property.
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about residential property income for individuals ― expenses and deductions.
Business expenses for the self-employed
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about business expenses for the self-employed.
You’ll learn about:
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about business expenses for the self-employed.
Capital allowances
Live webinar
Register for the next live webinar about capital allowances for the self-employed.
This webinar is for the self-employed who use traditional accounting and not cash basis accounting.
You will learn about tax relief for plant and machinery, including business vehicles, computers and equipment.
You will also learn about:
This webinar does not tell you about tax relief for cars used for business. To learn about this, there is the webinar ‘Car expenses for the self-employed’ in the ‘Business expenses’ section.
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar about capital allowances for the self-employed.
Online sellers
Watch a collection of videos about online sellers on YouTube.
You will find out about:
How to add a tax to your business tax account
Watch a video about how to add a tax to your business tax account.
How to add a tax through your business tax account.
You will find out how to add services to your business tax account including:
How to store your National Insurance number to your Apple or Google wallet
Watch a video about how to store your National Insurance number to your Apple or Google wallet.
Storing your National Insurance number to your Apple or Google wallet.
You will find out about:
Labour fraud
Watch a collection of videos about fraud in the labour supply chain on YouTube.
You will find out about:
State Pension
Watch a collection of videos about the State Pension and tax on YouTube.
You will find out about:
Stamp Duty Land Tax
Stamp Duty Land Tax: when is a property not suitable for use as a dwelling
Watch a video about Stamp Duty Land Tax: when is a property not suitable for use as a dwelling.
Stamp Duty Land Tax: when is a property not suitable for use as a dwelling.
You will find out about the situations when a property is not suitable for use as a dwelling for Stamp Duty Land Tax purposes.
What is the Informants Scheme when reporting tax fraud or avoidance
Recorded webinar
Watch a recorded webinar on the Informants Scheme when reporting tax fraud or avoidance.
The Informants Scheme is a campaign to encourage people to report tax fraud in exchange for a reward.
You will find out about:
Updates to this page
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The live webinar link for ‘Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’ has been updated. The recorded webinar links for ‘Tax basics — a starter guide for small businesses’, ‘Residential property income for individuals — an introduction’ and 'Residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions’ have been updated.
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The guidance has been updated with the new section 'What is the Informants Scheme when reporting tax fraud or avoidance'.
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New live webinar registration link has been added to 'The employment section of your online tax return'.
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New live webinar registration links have been added to: Starting your online tax return, The employment section of your online tax return, The self-employment section of your online tax return, The UK property section of your online tax return, Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return, Finishing your online tax return, Your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
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Recorded webinar links for 'Record keeping for the self‑employed', 'Car expenses for the self‑employed', 'Business expenses for the self‑employed' and 'Capital allowances for the self‑employed' have been updated. Live webinar links for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The employment section of your online tax return', 'The self‑employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments' have been removed.
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Recorded webinars have been added covering ‘Tax basics — a starter guide for small businesses’ and ‘How to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’. Live webinars have been added covering ‘How to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’, ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’. A YouTube video explaining how to store your National Insurance number to your Apple or Google wallet has also been added.
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Added reference to YouTube where a collection of videos is referred to. Removed sections within Making Tax Digital including 'How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax', 'Making Tax Digital for Income Tax — what you’ll need to do' and 'How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax'. New links to webinars replaced throughout.
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‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax — individual authorisation and enrolment’ has changed to ‘How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ with a new recorded webinar. ‘Basic record keeping for the self-employed’ has changed to ‘What self-employment records do I need to keep’ with a new video link. Added a live and recorded webinar for ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax — landlords and joint property owners’. The video link for ‘How to add a tax to your business tax account’ has been updated. The video link for ‘Cash basis and simplified expenses’ has been removed.
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A live webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax — individual authorisation and enrolment has been added. Links to register for live webinars for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments' have been removed. Recorded webinar links for 'Residential property income for individuals — an introduction' and 'Residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions' have been updated.
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Live webinar links for 'Record keeping' and 'Capital allowances' have been updated. Live webinar links and recorded links have been added for 'Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax'. Live webinar links have also been added for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments'.
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A recorded webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been added. The link to register for a live webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been updated. Links to register for live webinars for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The employment section of your online tax return', 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments' have been removed.
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Added live webinar links for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The employment section of your online tax return', 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments' and updated the recorded webinar links. The HMRC Community forums section has been removed.
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The link to register for live webinars for 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return' and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments' have been removed.
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Links to videos about online sellers and Stamp Duty Land Tax have been added.
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Links to register for the next live webinars have been updated for 'Record keeping', 'Car expenses for the self-employed', 'Residential property income for individuals — an introduction', 'Residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions', 'Business expenses for the self-employed' and 'Capital allowances'.
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Links to video collections about labour fraud and the State Pension have been added. The link to watch a video about mini umbrella company fraud is now in the labour fraud video collection.
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Updated live webinar links added for 'Starting your online tax return', 'The employment section of your online tax return', 'The self-employment section of your online tax return', 'The UK property section of your online tax return', 'Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return', 'Finishing your online tax return', and 'Your Self Assessment calculation and payments'. New video collections added for 'New to Self Assessment' and 'Online Self Assessment tax return'.
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The 'What is mini umbrella company fraud?' video has been updated.
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A link to watch a video about mini umbrella company fraud has been added. A link to watch a video about what expenses to include in your Self Assessment tax return has been updated.
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Recorded webinars for 'Residential property income for individuals ― an introduction' and 'Residential property income for individuals ― expenses and deductions' have been updated.
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We have updated the live webinar link for business expenses for the self-employed. We have also added recorded webinars on starting your online tax return, the employment section, the self-employment section, the UK property section, other income and tax reliefs, finishing your online tax return, and your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
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Links to live webinars for starting your online tax return, the employment section of your online tax return, the self-employed section of your online tax return, the UK property section of your online tax return, other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return, finishing your online tax return and your Self Assessment calculation and payments have been added.
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Recorded webinars about how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you're self-employed, how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income, and how to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments have been updated.
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Recorded webinars about business expenses for the self-employed have been updated. The link to register for the live webinar for car expenses for the self employed has been updated.
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Recorded webinars about record keeping, car expenses, business expenses and Statutory Sick Pay and capital allowances has been updated.
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Recorded webinars for those new to Self Assessment, how to fill in a Self Assessment tax return if you are self employed, how to fill in a Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income, and how to finish a Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments have been added.
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Live webinar links about being new to Self Assessment, capital allowances, how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you're self-employed and record keeping for the self-employed have been updated.
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The link for the live webinar 'Record keeping' has been updated. A link to a recorded webinar about 'being new to Self Assessment' has been added.
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Links to live webinars in the sections ‘New to Self Assessment’, ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you’re self-employed’, ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income’ and ‘How to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments’ have been added.
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Updated recorded webinars for 'residential property income for individuals — an introduction' and 'residential property income for individuals — expenses and deductions' have been added.
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We have updated the video content on what expenses can I include in my Self Assessment tax return? in the section about 'Online tax return help for landlords'.
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We have added recorded webinar links for under the section Self Assessment for self employment, UK property income and calculations and payments.
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Links to register for live webinars to learn about 'How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you're self-employed', 'How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income', and 'How to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payment' have been added.
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We have updated webinar content on 'Car expenses for the self-employed' and 'Business expenses for the self-employed'.
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The links to recorded webinars have been updated for: Record keeping for the self-employed, Car expenses for the self-employed, Business expenses for the self-employed, and Capital allowances.
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The links to register for live webinars about record keeping for the self-employed, residential property income for individuals — an introduction and capital allowances for the self-employed have been removed.
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Added a recorded webinar in the 'Starting your online Self Assessment tax return' section. Added a recorded webinar in 'The employment and self-employment sections of your online Self Assessment tax return' section. Added a recorded webinar in the 'Finishing your online Self Assessment tax return' section.
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Live webinars with information about starting and completing a Self Assessment tax return online have been added.
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Recorded webinars about residential property income for individuals ― an introduction and residential property income for individuals ― expenses and deductions have been added.
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Registration links for 2 live webinars about residential property income for individuals and video collections to find out about Self Assessment have been added.
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Information about the HMRC help and support email service and a new ‘HMRC community forums’ section has been added.
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Live webinars about record keeping and about capital allowances have been updated.
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The section 'Understand and pay your Self Assessment tax bill' has been updated with a new recorded webinar.
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The link to the video about your self-employed tax return has been updated.
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The link to 'What expenses can I include in my Self Assessment tax return' has been updated.
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Links to register for live webinars about 'car expenses and the self-employed' and 'business expenses for the self-employed' have been updated.
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We have added a link to a recorded webinar about research and development tax relief for small and medium-sized businesses.
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Links to register for live webinars about Research and Development tax relief for small and medium-sized businesses have been added.
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Links to register for the following live webinars have been updated: record keeping for the self-employed, car expenses and the self-employed, individuals with income from UK residential property, business expenses for the self-employed and capital allowances for the self-employed.
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A video about cash basis and simplified expenses has been added.
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Added links to register for webinars about how to complete your online tax return.
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Links to webinars about capital allowances and record keeping have been updated.
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A YouTube video about your self-employed tax return has been added.
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The video 'How to add a service through your business tax account' has been updated.
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Webinars about Record keeping for the self-employed, Car expenses and the Individuals with income from UK residential property have been added.
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A video about How to add a service through your business tax account has been added.
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Webinars about Business expenses for the self-employed and Capital allowances for the self-employed have been added.
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Under the heading Online tax return help for landlords, the link to the webinar How do I complete my online tax return - income from property, has been updated
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New links for catch up webinars about record keeping, how do I complete my online tax return, UK residential property income and capital allowances have been added.
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Links added to register for the next live webinars about completing your online tax return for employed, self-employed, income from property, business expenses and car expenses for the self-employed.
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We have updated the registration links for the next live webinar for 'record keeping' and 'individuals with income from UK residential property'. We have removed the webinar registration links for 'car expenses for the self employed', 'business expenses for the self-employed' and 'capital allowances'.
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We have updated the registration link for the next live webinar about record keeping.
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Links added to register for the next live webinars about Capital Allowances, Business expenses for the self-employed and Car expenses for the self-employed.
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A new webinar about 'record keeping' has been added.
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A new recorded webinar about how to pay your Self Assessment tax bill has been added.
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Live webinars about record keeping, car expenses, individuals with income from UK residential property, business expenses and capital allowances have been added.
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A video about basic record keeping for the self-employed has been added.
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Webinar about what expenses to include your Self Assessment tax return has been added.
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Webinars about how to pay your Self Assessment tax bill, how to complete your online return, starting your return, UK property income pages, help for landlords and car expenses for the self-employed have been added.
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Webinars about how to complete your online tax return, how to complete your online tax return: UK property income section and how to show self-employed business expenses on the tax return have been added.
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Webinars for 'individuals with income from UK residential property' and 'business expenses for the self-employed' have been added.
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Recorded webinars have been added for 'self-employment and HMRC', 'record keeping', 'how to complete your online tax return', 'how to complete property income pages', 'how to pay your self-assessment tax bill', 'car expenses' and 'capital allowances'.
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The latest series of videos about business expenses and taxable profits have been added.
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A webinar for how to complete your UK property income pages has been added.
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The latest webinars for how to complete your online tax return and how to pay your self-assessment tax bill have been added to the page.
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The latest webinar for 'an overview of self-employment and HMRC' and a video on 'Cash basis and simplified expenses' have been added to the page.
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Self-employment and HMRC webinar added to the guidance.
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The webinar for Financial support if you receive benefits has been removed from this page, along with webinars about record keeping.
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The Selling alcohol webinar has been deleted.
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The webinars in the business expenses section have been replaced by YouTube videos.
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The online tax return section has been updated with the next live webinar for completing the Self Assessment tax return.
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Latest webinars for 'Setting up your business', 'Record keeping' have been added and new 'Online tax return' section added.
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The latest video about business expenses has been added.
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The latest webinar about accounting for your income and expenses, and a new video about expenses, have been added.
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Webinars for setting up your business, financial support if you receive benefits and childminders have been updated.
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Webinar links about how to pay your tax bill and childminders have been updated.
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The live webinar for childminders and foster carers scheduled for 5 July 2018 has been cancelled.
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Webinars for capital allowances, childminders, foster carers and selling alcohol have been updated.
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Register for the next live webinars for childminders and foster carers.
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The webinars have been updated.
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The latest webinars about setting up your business have been updated.
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The latest webinars for self assessment, record keeping and foster carers have been added.
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Webinars being run in support of Small Business Saturday will be available on 2 December 2017.
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Update history
2026-08-14 12:10
The live webinar link for ‘Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’ has been updated.The recorded webinar links for ‘Tax basics – a starter guide for small businesses’, ‘Residential property income for individuals – an introduction’ and ‘Residential property income for individuals – expenses and deductions’ have been updated.
2026-07-13 13:58
The guidance has been updated with the new section ‘What is the Informants Scheme when reporting tax fraud or avoidance’.
2026-06-11 10:47
New live webinar registration link has been added to ‘The employment section of your online tax return’.
2026-05-11 08:49
New live webinar registration links have been added to: Starting your online tax return, The employment section of your online tax return, The self-employment section of your online tax return, The UK property section of your online tax return, Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return, Finishing your online tax return, Your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
2026-03-06 14:08
Recorded webinar links for ‘Record keeping for the self‑employed’, ‘Car expenses for the self‑employed’, ‘Business expenses for the self‑employed’ and ‘Capital allowances for the self‑employed’ have been updated.Live webinar links for ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self‑employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’ have been removed.
2026-01-05 14:45
Recorded webinars have been added covering ‘Tax basics – a starter guide for small businesses’ and ‘How to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’. Live webinars have been added covering ‘How to get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax if you’re a sole trader or landlord without an accountant or bookkeeper’, ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’. A YouTube video explaining how to store your National Insurance number to your Apple or Google wallet has also been added.
2025-12-10 11:47
Added reference to YouTube where a collection of videos is referred to. Removed sections within Making Tax Digital including ‘How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’, ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – what you’ll need to do’ and ‘How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’. New links to webinars replaced throughout.
2025-09-22 12:57
‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – individual authorisation and enrolment’ has changed to ‘How to sign yourself up to Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’ with a new recorded webinar.‘Basic record keeping for the self-employed’ has changed to ‘What self-employment records do I need to keep’ with a new video link.Added a live and recorded webinar for ‘Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – landlords and joint property owners’.The video link for ‘How to add a tax to your business tax account’ has been updated.The video link for ‘Cash basis and simplified expenses’ has been removed.
2025-07-28 10:53
A live webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax – individual authorisation and enrolment has been added. Links to register for live webinars for ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’ have been removed. Recorded webinar links for ‘Residential property income for individuals – an introduction’ and ‘Residential property income for individuals – expenses and deductions’ have been updated.
2025-06-27 09:08
Live webinar links for ‘Record keeping’ and ‘Capital allowances’ have been updated. Live webinar links and recorded links have been added for ‘Get ready for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax’. Live webinar links have also been added for ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’.
2025-05-27 14:02
A recorded webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been added. The link to register for a live webinar about Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been updated. Links to register for live webinars for ‘Starting your online tax return’,’The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’ have been removed.
2025-05-07 09:23
Added live webinar links for ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’ and updated the recorded webinar links. The HMRC Community forums section has been removed.
2025-04-16 16:43
A live webinar link for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax has been added.
2025-02-26 11:08
The link to register for live webinars for ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’ and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’ have been removed.
2025-01-21 13:58
Links to videos about online sellers and Stamp Duty Land Tax have been added.
2025-01-17 10:43
Links to register for the next live webinars have been updated for ‘Record keeping’, ‘Car expenses for the self-employed’, ‘Residential property income for individuals – an introduction’, ‘Residential property income for individuals – expenses and deductions’, ‘Business expenses for the self-employed’ and ‘Capital allowances’.
2024-12-12 10:57
Links to video collections about labour fraud and the State Pension have been added. The link to watch a video about mini umbrella company fraud is now in the labour fraud video collection.
2024-10-01 09:06
Updated live webinar links added for ‘Starting your online tax return’, ‘The employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The self-employment section of your online tax return’, ‘The UK property section of your online tax return’, ‘Other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return’, ‘Finishing your online tax return’, and ‘Your Self Assessment calculation and payments’. New video collections added for ‘New to Self Assessment’ and ‘Online Self Assessment tax return’.
2024-08-23 10:03
The ‘What is mini umbrella company fraud?’ video has been updated.
2024-08-15 16:29
A link to watch a video about mini umbrella company fraud has been added. A link to watch a video about what expenses to include in your Self Assessment tax return has been updated.
2024-07-22 17:20
Recorded webinars for ‘Residential property income for individuals ― an introduction’ and ‘Residential property income for individuals ― expenses and deductions’ have been updated.
2024-06-13 15:26
We have updated the live webinar link for business expenses for the self-employed. We have also added recorded webinars on starting your online tax return, the employment section, the self-employment section, the UK property section, other income and tax reliefs, finishing your online tax return, and your Self Assessment calculation and payments.
2024-05-15 14:59
Links to live webinars for starting your online tax return, the employment section of your online tax return, the self-employed section of your online tax return, the UK property section of your online tax return, other income and tax reliefs on your online tax return, finishing your online tax return and your Self Assessment calculation and payments have been added.
2024-05-10 11:51
Recorded webinars about how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you’re self-employed, how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income, and how to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments have been updated.
2024-04-16 12:06
Recorded webinars about business expenses for the self-employed have been updated. The link to register for the live webinar for car expenses for the self employed has been updated.
2024-03-07 15:22
Recorded webinars about record keeping, car expenses, business expenses and Statutory Sick Pay and capital allowances has been updated.
2024-03-01 11:06
Recorded webinars for those new to Self Assessment, how to fill in a Self Assessment tax return if you are self employed, how to fill in a Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income, and how to finish a Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments have been added.
2024-01-19 14:39
Live webinar links about being new to Self Assessment, capital allowances, how to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you’re self-employed and record keeping for the self-employed have been updated.
2023-12-18 16:00
The link for the live webinar ‘Record keeping’ has been updated. A link to a recorded webinar about ‘being new to Self Assessment’ has been added.
2023-11-23 10:43
Links to live webinars in the sections ‘New to Self Assessment’, ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you’re self-employed’, ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income’ and ‘How to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payments’ have been added.
2023-10-16 13:50
The section ‘Understand and pay your Self Assessment tax bill’ has been removed.
2023-10-09 08:59
Updated recorded webinars for ‘residential property income for individuals – an introduction’ and ‘residential property income for individuals – expenses and deductions’ have been added.
2023-08-09 15:55
We have updated the video content on what expenses can I include in my Self Assessment tax return? in the section about ‘Online tax return help for landlords’.
2023-07-06 08:05
A recorded webinar about understanding and paying your Self Assessment tax bill has been updated.
2023-06-15 12:49
We have added recorded webinar links for under the section Self Assessment for self employment, UK property income and calculations and payments.
2023-05-19 10:34
Links to register for live webinars to learn about ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you’re self-employed’, ‘How to fill in your Self Assessment tax return if you have UK property income’, and ‘How to finish your Self Assessment tax return, your tax calculation and payment’ have been added.
2023-05-11 09:04
We have updated webinar content on ‘Car expenses for the self-employed’ and ‘Business expenses for the self-employed’.
2023-03-31 11:44
The links to recorded webinars have been updated for: Record keeping for the self-employed, Car expenses for the self-employed, Business expenses for the self-employed, and Capital allowances.
2023-03-07 14:10
Links to register for the following live webinars have been added: record keeping for the self-employed, car expenses and the self-employed, residential property income for individuals, business expenses for the self-employed and capital allowances for the self-employed.
2023-01-18 09:16
The links to register for live webinars about record keeping for the self-employed, residential property income for individuals – an introduction and capital allowances for the self-employed have been removed.
2022-12-09 15:27
Added a recorded webinar in the ‘Starting your online Self Assessment tax return’ section.Added a recorded webinar in ‘The employment and self-employment sections of your online Self Assessment tax return’ section. Added a recorded webinar in the ‘Finishing your online Self Assessment tax return’ section.
2022-11-18 11:41
Live webinars with information about starting and completing a Self Assessment tax return online have been added.
2022-11-01 13:36
Recorded webinars about residential property income for individuals ― an introduction and residential property income for individuals ― expenses and deductions have been added.
2022-09-28 14:17
Registration links for 2 live webinars about residential property income for individuals and video collections to find out about Self Assessment have been added.
2022-08-26 16:03
Information about the HMRC help and support email service and a new ‘HMRC community forums’ section has been added.
2022-08-24 12:32
The video link about ‘basic record keeping for the self-employed’ has been updated.
2022-08-05 15:25
Live webinars about record keeping and about capital allowances have been updated.
2022-07-28 08:32
The section ‘Understand and pay your Self Assessment tax bill’ has been updated with a new recorded webinar.
2022-07-07 15:09
The link to the video about your self-employed tax return has been updated.
2022-07-05 11:06
The link to ‘What expenses can I include in my Self Assessment tax return’ has been updated.
2022-06-14 14:49
Links to register for live webinars about ‘car expenses and the self-employed’ and ‘business expenses for the self-employed’ have been updated.
2022-04-22 14:48
The links to recorded webinars have been updated.