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Get help to classify ceramic articles for import and export.
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…
How to account for VAT if you’re a contractor or subcontractor installing energy-saving materials and grant-funded heating equipment.
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) for businesses, public sector and non-profit organisations - payments from the government to help with the cost of installing renewable heat technologies
Product descriptions for equipment eligible for the Energy Technology List, including building environment zone controls and close control systems, active chilled beams and evaporative air coolers.
Guidance for manufacturers, their authorised representatives and importers.
Find out about the requirements and obligations for warehousekeepers of motor and heating fuels in the UK.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Help with renewable energy costs for homeowners and landlords through the RHI scheme.
Find out what VAT should be charged on supplies of fuel and power if you're a supplier or a user.
The taxation of payments received from domestic and non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive schemes.
Get help to classify cigarettes, cigars, raw tobacco, smoking tobacco, tobacco for heating and nicotine substitutes for import and export.
Government incentives for CHP schemes
This framework sets out the UK plan on how we will drive products to use less energy, resources and materials and how this will contribute to achieving net zero.
Check the tariff classification for heat treatment of dried vegetables.
How to work out the VAT on building work and materials if you're a contractor, subcontractor or developer.
How the UK supports the use of combined heat and power (CHP) or 'cogeneration', which avoids network losses and reduces emissions.
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