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Trade as yourself, without a company: what you register, and what you are exempt from.
In the UK you can start trading straight away; you register for Self Assessment once you earn more than £1,000 in a tax year.
- 1 Applying · 25%
- 2 Straight after · 50%
- 1 Every year, and every change · 25%
- 4 You · 100%
What changes if…
Register for Self AssessmentYouHMRC
Once you earn more than £1,000 from self-employment in a tax year (6 April to 5 April), register with HMRC as a sole trader and file a Self Assessment return each year. It is free.
What you do not need
- To register before you start trading: you can start straight away.
- A company: you can trade under your own name.
Keep going
- Choose a registered officeThe official address every company must have: where it can be, whose permission it needs, and where it must be shown.Open
- Get a business licenceWho needs one in Jersey, who is exempt, how long it takes — and the three things it sets going.Open
- Start a companyForm a limited company: who it needs, its office, its rules, the application — and everything that follows, in order.Open
- All of it, in orderPlan my start draws every journey you need, for your place, with your costs.Plan my start
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