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When to exclude and include the buying commission in the customs value and account for import VAT if you’re an importer paying fees to your buying agent.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Selling a home takes about 5 months on average. The process can take…
If you have a mortgage on the property you’re selling, you’ll need to move…
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) tells you how energy efficient a…
You can sell your home yourself or use an online, high street or hybrid…
A legal professional can handle the legal work involved in transferring…
Choosing a buyer Buyers can make offers verbally (over the phone or in…
After you’ve accepted an offer, you’re responsible for drawing up a legal…
You can contact a legal professional if you need help selling a property…
You can make a complaint to a company involved in the sale if you’re…
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
How to buy a home: preparing to buy, deciding on a home, making offers, conveyancing, paying Stamp Duty Land Tax and making complaints.
If you’re an agent, find out how to use a VAT margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
How VAT affects travel agents and tour operators.
Practical advice to consider when purchasing a property in India.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
This guide sets out essential information for British nationals wanting to buy property in Egypt.
If you provide services to a seller or buyer in the UK, find out about the auctioneers' VAT margin scheme and how to account for VAT (VAT notice 718/2).
How the First Homes scheme works, who is eligible, how to apply and the rules for managing a First Homes property after you buy one.
To sell goods to UK consumers, you may need to partner with other organisations, such as importers, distributors or retailers.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
Guidance from the British Embassy on buying, renting or letting property in the United Arab Emirates.
Find out the different ways you can get client authorisation including the digital handshake, Online Agent Authorisation service, paper forms and through your client's business tax account.
Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
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