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You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into 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.
Find out when goods can be zero-rated if they’re sold to overseas visitors for personal use by a VAT-registered business in Northern Ireland (VAT Notice 704).
Individual retailers can sign up to restrict access to products containing acids and other corrosive substances.
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) - retailer and wholesaler responsibilities, waste collection and compliance schemes.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Assaulting a retail worker to be made a standalone criminal offence.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Find out if you must offer free collection of old batteries - batteries you must take back, how to collect and send batteries to be recycled, penalties
Guidance for suppliers and dealers.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
If you already have the right or have probate (as an executor or administrator) you can start dealing with the estate. You may need to apply for the right to deal with the estate of the person who's died (also...
How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets
Find out about the rules you must follow for spending, borrowing from, or transferring your charity’s permanent endowment.
Update: The 2024 GCA annual survey has now closed.
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