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How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
Find out about changes to the deemed domicile rules for Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax from 6 April 2017.
This guidance provides stakeholders with a plain-English explanation of the implications of the latest leaseholder protections amendments in the Building Safety Act 2022.
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
How to refer or buy land that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Forms AP1, FR1 and DS2: guidance on when evidence of identity must be lodged in support of an application for registration.
Advice for British people buying property in Bulgaria, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
Application form ID2: certificate of identity for a corporate body.
Use our verification services to improve the accuracy of property ownership data.
What happens when you opt to tax (charge VAT on) land and buildings, when you need permission and when to notify HMRC about your decision.
Revoke an option to tax land or buildings for VAT purposes after 20 years have passed using form VAT1614J.
‘Bona Vacantia’ means vacant goods and is the name given to ownerless property, which by law passes to the Crown. The Treasury Solicitor acts for the Crown to administer the estates of people who die intestate (without a Will) and...
How to reclaim bona vacantia after a dissolved company is restored to the register.
How to refer or buy the freehold reversion of your flat that belonged to a dissolved company and now belongs to the Crown.
Notify the Treasury Solicitor of a sale by a mortgagee of bona vacantia land.
Verify the business status of overseas businesses established outside the UK using form VAT66A.
Check temporary changes to the time limit and rules for notifying an option to tax land and buildings.
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
HM Land Registry's business and mortgage services.
Find out when transactions involving land and buildings are exempt from VAT.
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