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This Spend Control ceased as a requirement on 1st February 2023. Other Cabinet Office Spending Controls remain operational.
Find out what transactions to include in the amount you use to work out Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT).
Follow this guidance to submit information to the Cabinet Office on all consultancy and professional services spend at or above the thresholds specified below.
How to account for VAT if your business allows goods and services to be used for temporary or permanent private use.
This policy summary outlines the objectives, benefits, scope, and the responsibilities of your organisation when using the Cabinet Office spend controls.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for digital and technology activities.
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
Find out how to work out VAT on supplies of staff including supplies made by staff bureaux.
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
Find out about the penalties for enabling a defeated tax avoidance scheme, the time limits, and how to appeal a penalty notice.
Centrally approved spending for property, advertising, consultancy, technology and recruitment.
An overview of key points around access agreements between property owners and network operators for the deployment of digital infrastructure.
How to claim the new merged scheme R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) and enhanced R&D intensive support for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.
This page provides information on reporting and performance management for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
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