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Business and Money Basics for Independent Carers

A plain-English guide to setting up and running your own care business properly — registering with HMRC, records, tax, National Insurance, VAT, insurance and data — with clear signposting to official help. General information, not personal financial or legal advice.

Modules
7
Lessons
7
Progress
0%

What you'll learn

  • Working for yourself
  • Registering with HMRC
  • Sole trader or limited company?
  • Records and bookkeeping
  • Tax and National Insurance
  • VAT
  • Protecting yourself

Course content

Working for yourself

  • Working for yourself — what it means
    Preview

Registering with HMRC

  • Registering as self-employed with HMRC

Sole trader or limited company?

  • Sole trader or limited company?

Records and bookkeeping

  • Money in, money out — records and bookkeeping

Tax and National Insurance

  • Tax and National Insurance basics

VAT

  • VAT — do you need to worry about it?

Protecting yourself

  • Protecting yourself — insurance, data, and getting help