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Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
Tachographs record information about driving time, speed and distance.…
If you use a smaller vehicle (eg a 4x4) for towing, you’ll only need a…
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Vehicle registration schemes for the motor trade - non-secure, secure and Register a Vehicle (RaV) service - how they work, who can use them and how to apply
Find out how to report employee or director car benefits to HMRC where car and fuel benefits are payrolled.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
How to apply to be an authorised treatment facility (ATF) for ELVs, comply with ELV regulations and meet recycling targets.
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a vehicle
Check which documents you need to carry if you're the driver or a passenger in a lorry or other heavy goods vehicle (HGV) that crosses international borders.
Check if you can use the Personal Export Scheme and the conditions that apply if you're a buyer or a seller of vehicles.
How the Operator Compliance Risk Score (OCRS) system works and how vehicle operators should use it.
This service provides a Certificate of Destruction (CoD) and Notification of Destruction (NoD) for an authorised treatment facility (ATF).
What you need to check inside and outside of the vehicle when you do a lorry or other HGV walkaround check.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Get a replacement log book (V5C) if the original has been lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, or you have not received one for your new vehicle.
Register your vehicle as off the road - you will not need to pay vehicle tax until you put it on the road again
Vehicle tax exemptions and MOT exemptions for vehicles built or first registered before 1984.
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