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Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.
VAT is a tax you pay on most goods and services. % of VAT What the rate…
In shops Any VAT due is already included in the price of something you buy…
You’ll pay a rate of either 5% or 0% VAT when certain energy-saving…
If you’re over 60, you pay a reduced rate of VAT (5%) on certain mobility…
You can only buy tax-free goods from shops: in Great Britain (England,…
Tobacco Duty is included in the price you pay for cigarettes, cigars and…
Fuel Duty is included in the price you pay for petrol, diesel and other…
Airlines pay Air Passenger Duty (APD) for every passenger who flies from…
Insurance Premium Tax (IPT) is usually included in the price you pay for…
What qualifies as ordinary commuting and private travel for tax purposes.
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.
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
Financial support for traders and farmers from intervention and Private Storage Aid schemes
How to account for VAT if your business allows goods and services to be used for temporary or permanent private use.
Data protection rules for businesses in recruiting staff, keeping staff records and using CCTV
The CMA has completed its remittal into the private healthcare market and has brought article 22 of the 2014 Order into force.
On the 29th November, the Mystery Shopper Service was renamed the Public Procurement Review Service.
Find out about which goods and services for disabled people and people aged 60 or over that you should apply zero or reduced rate VAT.
How to work out the benefit charge for company vans available for private use.
How to get the VAT back on goods you buy in Northern Ireland from shops that offer tax-free shopping (VAT Notice 704/1).
Find out how you could be made liable for the unpaid VAT of another VAT-registered business when you buy or sell specified goods.
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.
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