Tax Confident website to help you understand tax

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has launched Tax Confident, a new website to help you understand tax in plain, simple terms.

HMRC's new Tax Confident website is designed to fill tax knowledge gaps. It covers tax essentials from setting up a business to retirement.

Helping to improve tax confidence for small businesses

Being self-employed and running your own business can feel overwhelming when you feel like there is a lot to learn about tax. HMRC's Tax Confident website has a dedicated section to help small businesses become more confident in dealing with their tax affairs. This business tax section will help you understand how tax works, with clear, simple guides that break everything down and cut out the jargon.

You don’t need to become a tax expert – you just need to get your head around the basics. HMRC's Tax Confident website will help you understand more about tax, give you confidence, and fill any gaps in your tax knowledge.

Whether you've just started a business or have been running a business for a while, the Tax Confident website will help you find what you need. Small business tax issues covered include:

• common types of small business tax
• starting out
• managing your business
• different ways HMRC collects small business tax
• tax information for your industry

Other tax guidance

HMRC's Tax Confident website also covers other areas of tax, including:

• tax basics
• working life
• retirement
• getting more support

Access HMRC's Tax Confident website.

First published 24 March 2026