The Self-Employment Kit contains business advice, self-employment information and accounting documents to help you set yourself up as self-employed, set up a business and develop your own accounting systems. We all know the self-employment dream. But how do we become self-employed in reality? The benefits of running your own business as a self-employed business person are highly attractive and highly rewarding. This Lawpack Self-Employment Kit provides a practical framework for those who are, or wish to be, self-employed as 'sole traders'. Written by Hugh Williams, award-winning former Chartered Accountant and business adviser, this Self-Employment Kit combines a wealth of self-employment advice on the legal and tax requirements, as well as expert advice and support with the day-to-day practicalities of self-employment, including:
  • 31-point self-employment checklist
  • The basic rules of self-employment
  • Choosing a business structure
  • Banking arrangements
  • Cash flow and budgets
  • Possible sources of finance
  • Registering for VAT
  • Making a business plan
  • Business stationery
  • Office equipment
  • How to keep records for VAT and Income Tax
  • The six steps to financial control
  • Tax-deductible expenses
  • The reasons for business failure
  • HM Revenue and Customs enquiries
The Self Employment Kit also includes template documents for organising and preparing those all-important business accounts:
  • Analysis of Cash & Cheques Paid Out
  • Cash Flow Forecast
  • Income and Expenditure Account
  • Notice of Particulars of Ownership
Plus online access to further self-employment forms, which include:
  • Break Even Analysis
  • Business Plan Outline
  • Analysis of Cash & Cheques Paid Out
  • Cash Flow Forecast
  • Financial Resource Audit
  • Income and Expenditure Account
  • Marketing Forecast
  • New Product Cash Flow
  • Notice of Particulars of Ownership
  • Organisation Analysis Form
  • Personal Skills Resource Audit Form
  • Profit and Loss Forecast
Becoming self-employed doesn't have to be daunting and difficult. Make it work with Lawpack's Self-Employment Kit.

Self-Employment Kit Contents:
  1. 31-point self-employment checklist
  2. Becoming self-employed? Get it right, from the start
  3. Self-employment self-assessment questionnaire
  4. Where will you work?
  5. The basic rules of self-employment
  6. Choosing a business structure
  7. Business banking arrangements
  8. Business cash flow and budgets
  9. Possible sources of business finance
  10. Should you register for VAT?
  11. Choosing a business name - what to do
  12. Whom should you contact about your business plans?
  13. Business stationery
  14. Office equipment
  15. How to keep business records for VAT and Income Tax
  16. What will your business accountant require in order to prepare accounts for you?
  17. The six steps to successful business financial control
  18. Employing people as a self-employed person
  19. Tax-deductible expenses and your business
  20. Reasons for business failure
  21. Your business and the Inland Revenue: handling enquiries
  22. Understanding you business accounts
  23. Trademarks, copyrights and patents: your business name and business ideas are valuable - protect them
  24. Further self-employment reading
Loose-leaf forms included: Analysis of Cash & Cheques Paid Out - 1 copy Cash Flow Forecast Form - 1 copy Income and Expenditure Account - 1 copy Notice of Particulars of Ownership - 1 copy Free downloads:
  • Break Even Analysis
  • Business Plan Outline
  • Analysis of Cash & Cheques Paid Out
  • Cash Flow Forecast
  • Financial Resource Audit
  • Income and Expenditure Account
  • Marketing Forecast
  • New Product Cash Flow
  • Notice of Particulars of Ownership
  • Organisation Analysis Form
  • Personal Skills Resource Audit Form
  • Profit and Loss Forecast