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How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Freight forwarders oversee the worldwide movement of cargo, packing, documentation and customs clearance, on behalf of importers and exporters.
Understand how you can pay tonnage tax if you manage your ships from the UK and they weigh 100 tons or more.
The concierge service helps maritime businesses to interact with government departments.
Find out how to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain and Northern Ireland using the Royal Mail Group or an express carrier.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find out the VAT liability for supplying ships, trains, aircraft and associated services in the UK.
The roadmap sets out the measures government is taking to maximise the future success of Freeports.
The rules, paperwork and training you need to transport dangerous goods
Find out if VAT is due when you sell, send or transfer goods from Great Britain to outside the UK or from Northern Ireland to outside the UK and EU.
Find out about other simplifications you can apply for with consignor or consignee status.
All current documents relating to rail franchising at the Department for Transport.
Guidance for haulage companies and commercial drivers moving accompanied (self-drive) RoRo freight and unaccompanied RoRo freight between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and the European Union.
A guide to the international regulations on the transportation of dangerous goods by air, sea, road, rail or inland waterway.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
Aims of the UK rail franchising programme and what we expect from our franchise operators.
A detailed guide for British businesses on developing their overseas trade and doing business in Iran.
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