Government departments

HM Revenue & Customs
HM Revenue & Customs home page

HM Revenue & Customs: VAT
HM Revenue & Customs VAT home page

HM Treasury
HM Treasury home page

Department of Trade & Industry
DTI home page

www.companieshouse.gov.uk
Companies House

www.ico.gov.uk/
Information Commissioner's Office

www.insolvency.gov.uk/
The Insolvency Service

www.hmrc.gov.uk/local/index.htm
Tax office addresses - search by name or number

www.number-10.gov.uk
10 Downing Street

www.ukti.gov.uk
UKTI

Useful Tools

www.europa.eu.int/comm/taxation_customs/vies/en/vieshome.htm
Check whether a VAT registration number in any EC country is valid. (Enter number without any spaces.) N.B. The following alternative site also shows the date of registration.

www1.agenziaentrate.it/servizi/vies/vies.htm
Check whether a VAT number of any European VAT-registered business is valid. N.B. This is an Italian site! 1. Select country from the 'Stato' list. 2. Enter VAT number WITHOUT ANY SPACES in the 'Partita Iva' box. 3. Click 'Richiedi'. If the number is invalid, the message 'CODICE IVA FORMALMENTE ERRATO' will be displayed. If the number is valid, the message 'OPERATORE IVA ESISTENTE ATTIVITA' INIZIATA IL' and the date of initial registration will be displayed. If the information exchange link for the relevant country is temporarily not available, 'IL SISTEMA DI SCAMBIO DI INFORMAZIONI NON E' ATTIVO will be displayed. (For confidentiality reasons, the name of the business is not displayed.)

IR35 calculator

http://ratinglists.voa.gov.uk/irl2k5/mainController?action=InitialiseApp&listYear=2005&lang=E
Check new Rateable Value for your business premises, effective from 1 April 2005, and calculate estimated rates payable. You can also check the valuation details, and compare it to other properties.

http://ldccalculator.hmrc.gov.uk/LDC01.aspx
Lease Stamp Duty Land Tax calculator

CO2/carbon footprint calculator

Child Trust Fund calculator

Create a written statement of employment

VAT Flat Rate Scheme ready reckoner
If your taxable turnover is below £150,000, check whether you would pay less VAT using the Flat Rate Scheme

VAT schemes for small businesses
Find out which scheme you can use

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/calcs/smp.htm
Statutory Maternity Pay calculator

www.dti.gov.uk/er/redundancy/ready.htm
The DTI on-line redundancy pay calculator

www.hmrc.gov.uk/calcs/ssp.htm
Statutory Sick Pay calculator

http://cccfcalculator.hmrc.gov.uk/CCF0.aspx
HMRC car/fuel benefit in kind calculator

www.nationwide.co.uk/hpi/calculator.asp
House value calculator

www.oanda.com/convert/fxhistory
Currency converter

www.voa.gov.uk/cti/InitS.asp?lcn=0
Find out the Council Tax band of any domestic property in England & Wales