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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 which museums or galleries that offer free admission are eligible for refunds under the VAT Refund Scheme.
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…
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.
UK Trade Ministers attend World Trade Organization's Conference to defend free and fair trade and protect UK businesses from increasing global trade barriers.
Find out how you can sell duty-free or duty-paid alcohol and tobacco products through airlines, on ships, in export stores and in duty-free shops.
Find out who can be authorised to store, process or produce excise goods in a UK Freeport customs site and how to apply to do so.
How to carry out a flood risk assessment so that you can complete your planning application.
Find out what you need to do when importing goods from outside the UK to a customs warehouse.
Find out how you can process or store similar free circulation goods in place of goods that you have declared to the UK Freeport customs special procedure.
Order a certificate of free sale to export medical devices outside the UK.
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing goods for charitable use.
Claim relief on import duty and VAT when importing miscellaneous documents and related articles into the UK.
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
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
Use form C944 to record details of surplus dutiable stores staying onboard a vessel after a voyage on which duty-free stores were granted.
The vast majority of people and businesses are set to be no further than three miles away from withdrawing cash under a new framework set out by the Treasury.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
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