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Follow a line from end to end
One map answers one question. A line joins the maps up, in the order you'll meet them, so you learn the whole job and not just one part of it. Stations fill in as you read, on this device only.
US
USPaying contractors
From the first payment to the form you file in January.
USThe January filings
What a US owner has to pay and file as the year turns.
- Quarterly estimated tax
- Form 1099-NEC step by step
- Form W-2 for employeesOn the way
- Form 941 payroll returnOn the way
UK
UKSelf Assessment
The return, the 31 January bill and the two payments that follow it.
UKRunning a limited company
The filings and tax traps every director should know.
EU
EUSelling goods to EU customers
How VAT works when your parcels cross the border.
- Selling goods to EU consumers from the UK
- IOSS: UK goods up to EUR 150 sent to EU consumers
- The OSS or IOSS returnOn the way
Essentials
EssentialsKnow your numbers
The handful of figures that tell you how the business is really doing.
- Break-even point
- Markup or marginOn the way
- Profit marginOn the way
- 13-week cash flow forecast
- Cash runwayOn the way
Free membership
Don't get caught out by a tax deadline
Join free and we email you before the filing dates that apply where you trade, along with the latest Route Map every Thursday. The dates come from the maps, and each email is general information, not personal advice.
- Reminders before the filing dates that apply where you trade
- Your own deadline list as a calendar file, with a reminder a week before each date
- Working Excel templates for the Essentials maps
- A note when a rule on a map changes
- The new Route Maps every Thursday, and a printable A4 PDF of each one
- Send us a question and we answer it as a general FAQ