Apply for a National Insurance number
Your NI number records your tax and contributions. You can start work before you get it if you can prove your right to work.
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04 Work and tax
National Insurance number, HMRC, Self Assessment, right to work and minimum wage.
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Prove your right to work
Employers must check that you can work in the UK. If you have an eVisa, you give them a share code.
Self Assessment tax return
Needed if you are self-employed or have income not taxed at source. Register by 5 October after the tax year; the online deadline is 31 January.
Find a job
The government's job search service, plus Jobseeker's Allowance if you have paid enough National Insurance.
HMRC personal tax account
Check your tax code, income, National Insurance record and update your details with HMRC online.
National Minimum Wage and Living Wage
The current legal minimum hourly rates by age.
Workplace pensions
Most employers must enrol you automatically in a workplace pension. You and your employer both contribute.