Guides
HMRC admin, explained step by step.
Short, practical guides to the paperwork side of running a UK business — registering, signing up, paying, and telling HMRC when something changes. Each one takes you through the official process and links straight to the GOV.UK service you need.
Plain English
Links to the official GOV.UK service
Checked every tax year
Getting started with HMRC
The account, references, and permissions everything else depends on.
How to create a Government Gateway account
Set up the sign-in HMRC's online services use, pass the identity checks first time, and avoid ending up with two accounts.How to find your UTR number
Where your 10-digit Unique Taxpayer Reference appears, the quickest ways to look it up online, and what to do if you can't find it anywhere.How to authorise an accountant with HMRC
The ways to let an agent deal with HMRC for you, what access they actually get, and how to change or remove it later.Self Assessment
Registering, going digital, paying, and closing down.
How to register for Self Assessment
Tell HMRC you need to send a tax return, pick the right registration form, and get your UTR before the 5 October deadline.How to sign up for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Check when Making Tax Digital applies to you, sign up with HMRC, and connect software so your quarterly updates file on time.How to pay your Self Assessment tax bill
The ways to pay, how long each one takes to reach HMRC, and the dates your balancing payment and payments on account fall due.How to tell HMRC you have stopped being self-employed
Close your self-employment properly — tell HMRC, file the final return, settle what's left, and stop future bills before they start.VAT
Registration, and what changes once you are VAT-registered.
Employers and payroll
What HMRC needs from you before your first payday.
Limited companies
The filings that start when your company does.
Stay on top of it all year, not just in January.
Bookfolio keeps your records HMRC-ready as you go, then files your VAT returns, MTD for Income Tax quarterly updates, and payroll straight to HMRC. You review every figure before anything is sent.