{"id":1865,"date":"2026-06-26T13:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/?p=1865"},"modified":"2026-06-26T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T13:55:00","slug":"closing-self-employment-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-do","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/closing-self-employment-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-do\/","title":{"rendered":"Closing Self-Employment in the UK: what you need to do"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you stop working as self-employed in the UK, you must officially inform HMRC. Simply ceasing activity is not enough \u2014 until you notify HMRC, you are still considered self-employed and may be required to file tax returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To close your self-employment status, you need to deregister through your HMRC Self Assessment account or contact HMRC directly. You will also need to submit a final Self Assessment tax return for the period you were trading and declare the date you stopped working as self-employed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After HMRC processes this update, you will no longer be required to submit Self Assessment returns for self-employment (unless you have other taxable income). All outstanding tax and National Insurance contributions must still be paid before your account is fully settled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We help self-employed individuals correctly close their HMRC registration, prepare final tax returns, and avoid penalties or missed obligations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you stop working as self-employed in the UK, you must officially inform HMRC. Simply ceasing activity is not enough \u2014 until you notify HMRC, you are still considered self-employed and may be required to file tax returns. To close your self-employment status, you need to deregister through your HMRC Self Assessment account or contact&hellip; <br \/> <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/2026\/06\/26\/closing-self-employment-in-the-uk-what-you-need-to-do\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1869,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1865"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1873,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1865\/revisions\/1873"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capitalaccountants.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}