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Taking your car out of the UK - when VAT is not payable on a car you're exporting, procedures, registration and vehicle tax.
You must tell DVLA if you’re taking your vehicle out of the UK, including…
What you need to do depends on whether you’re taking: your own vehicle…
If you buy a new or used vehicle to take out of the UK, you might not have…
What you need to do to get goods through customs if you’re using a UK port which uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim on your VAT Return.
Importing vehicles into the UK - register imported vehicles, GB conversion IVA scheme, type approval, vehicle excise duty and VAT
Find out which locations are using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
During peak registration periods, haulage restrictions will be temporarily relaxed twice a year for EU-operated heavy goods vehicles carrying cars or vans.
What transport companies and couriers need to do to use vans and car and trailers over 2.5 tonnes to transport goods in Europe.
Tax and customs on personal belongings when you move to the UK permanently or temporarily - shipping, tax and duty
Check the availability of the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) and get information on any issues.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
How to transport goods out of the UK by road - vehicle operator licences and permits, driver documents and road haulage rules.
Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Find out which motor vehicles you can and cannot claim a payment for using the scheme.
International regulations and required documentation for hauliers transporting dangerous or hazardous goods by road or by vehicles on ships.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
Register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to get your goods through customs if you move goods through a border location in the UK that uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
The GCDA was reponsible for providing cars and drivers to ministers and senior civil servants and moving government mail between government buildings and locations. It became the Government Car Service in 2012 and operates from within the Department for Transport
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