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Find out how to use the Flat Rate Scheme, who can use it and how to apply to join the scheme.
This collection brings together lists of issues raised and the results of cases investigated so far under the Public Procurement Review Service
New laws to be introduced to ban unavoidable hidden fees to force businesses to be upfront with customers
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
How to take part in user research at the UK IPO – signing up, who we want to meet with, why we research and your data rights.
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
These updates show the issues raised and resolution of cases investigated in 2016 under the Mystery Shopper scheme.
What you need to do if you sell or store tobacco products in the UK.
These quarterly updates show the issues raised and resolution of cases investigated in 2015 under the Mystery Shopper scheme.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Restrictions during lockdowns impacted where we could spend our money, pushing up the proportion of online retail sales to an all-time high. This article analyses RSI, CHAPS, and Revolut data to explore what people were spending their money on from...
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
Find out what VAT checks you must carry out on overseas sellers if you're an online marketplace operator, and what HMRC will do if you do not meet their requirements.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
HMRC records a rise in the number of customers reporting 'suspicious contact' from fraudsters.
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