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Find out what records you must keep about trusts for tax purposes, who can access your information, and what to do if your records are lost or destroyed.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
How to carry out checks on your business and customers, and what records you must keep to prevent money laundering.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
Crime and fraud issues in international trade: theft of goods, money laundering, cyber crime, employee fraud, infringement of intellectual property.
When and why HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) might check an SDRT transaction and what the possible outcomes could be.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
Personal pay and tax records you must keep to fill in a Self Assessment tax return: which records to keep, how long to keep records.
How to charge VAT, calculate VAT, VAT rates, reclaim VAT on business expenses, keep digital records.
Find out how to account for VAT on goods entered into, supplied within and removed from fiscal warehouses.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
Find out what the main Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) reliefs are for land or property transactions.
Access information about the volume and type of applications completed each month.
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
Find out how to apply for clearances or approvals for transactions from HMRC, and where to send applications.
How transactions between connected companies should be priced for UK tax purposes.
How and when you can apply zero-rated VAT to exported goods.
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