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Trade as yourself, without a company: what you register, and what you are exempt from.

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Registration is checked; Alderney’s own trading rules are still being researched.

Alderney’s income tax and social security are run by Guernsey: you register with Guernsey’s Revenue Service.

2 steps, across the order
  • 1 Applying · 50%
  • 1 Straight after · 50%
Who does them
  • 2 You · 100%

What changes if…

ApplyingThe application itself, and what to do if it comes back.
  1. Register with the Revenue ServiceYouthe Revenue Service

    Everyone working in the Bailiwick registers with the Revenue Service, which gives a tax reference and a social security number; the self-employed pay their income tax and social security to it directly. Alderney’s are administered by Guernsey.

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