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Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Order a certificate of free sale to export medical devices outside the UK.
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
How the government monitors imports into the UK.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you’re permanently importing museum and gallery exhibits into the UK.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing goods for charitable use.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
The roadmap sets out the measures government is taking to maximise the future success of Freeports.
Find a BFPO number, send mail to and from British forces personnel and their families
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
Find out which sanitary protection products you can supply at the zero rate of VAT.
If you have a disability, or are an organisation supporting disabled people, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
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