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Find out about customs guarantees and when you may need one.
Why you need a guarantee and how to work out how much guarantee you need to cover your movements.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
Use a general guarantee account to cover any import duty due on goods when they enter the UK.
Find out about our Bills and Notes Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
What you need to know if you are providing a guarantee for a customer undertaking transit movements.
Provides background on why the government has introduced a mortgage guarantee scheme, and how it works. The scheme is open to new 95% mortgages until 30 June 2025, with participating lenders offering 95% mortgages under the government guarantee from 19...
Find out why you need to get a premises guarantee and how to get one.
Find out about our Standard Buyer Loan Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Use individual guarantees to cover customs duties for one-off or high value imports.
How to get a guarantor when you have authorisation to use a customs comprehensive guarantee.
Use a customs comprehensive guarantee to cover Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT when you regularly import goods or use common and Union transit.
Find out about our Supply Chain Discount Guarantee: its benefits, eligibility criteria and how to apply.
Indemnity forms for both limited liability partnerships and companies: personal guarantee and indemnity deed of agreement.
Find out when you can remove wine and made-wine without paying Excise Duty and how to do it.
How to use your account to cover duty and import VAT, check your balance, pay HMRC, give an Individual Bank Guarantee and what to do if your guarantee will not cover the amount due.
Use this service to apply for a guarantee on bonds, loans and other facilities that support UK exports.
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