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Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Follow this guidance to request spend approval for advertising, marketing and communications activity costing £100,000 or more.
How to comply with the requirements on promoting medicines to the public and to prescribers and suppliers of medicines.
This series brings together all documents relating to DECC exceptions to moratoria on spend for ICT, consultancy, recruitment, property, consultancy, advertising and marketing.
Details of exceptions to the government’s spending controls at the Home Office.
Late commercial payments - interest and debt recovery costs you can charge businesses for late payments
Business expenses you can claim if you're self-employed
Explains control of advertisement regime.
What you should do if your organisation has a commercial dispute over £20 million (excluding VAT)
Follow this guidance when you want to get spend approval for commercial activities costing £20 million or more excluding VAT.
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