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Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks
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Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
A collection of active merchant shipping notices, published by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA).
Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element
How to account for VAT if you're a supplier and accept purchasing cards, or a business that buys goods and services using a purchasing card.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
Notice to all shipowners and operators, recognised organisations, certifying authorities, shipbuilders, ship repairers, masters and officers, and surveyors.
Guidance and information about the training requirements for merchant navy officers, ratings, and yacht officers.
Guidance on how to apply for a safe manning document and/or exemption for UK registered vessels
Owners of UK-flagged fishing vessels are responsible for basic health and safety on board their boats, safe working practices and safety equipment.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Prescribing or supplying veterinary medicines including requirements for registration and inspection of premises.
Information on how to gain a UK CoC for working Deck and Engineering Officers working on board merchant vessels and yachts.
Complete MSF 5547, when applying to Parts I and IV of the UK Ship Register for merchant and bareboat charter ships.
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