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Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
Find out the general rules for the Apportionment Retail Schemes (1 and 2), how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Find out how to report and pay VAT due on the distance sales of goods from Northern Ireland to consumers in the EU using the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme.
Rules on consumer and business sales contracts under the Unfair Contract Terms Act and Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations
Find out when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
The Department for Business and Trade’s (DBT) delivery teams are based across the English regions, supporting businesses to invest, grow and export, creating jobs and opportunities.
Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch in California for her first in-person meeting with CPTPP countries since she was in New Zealand to sign the deal in July
Find out the general rules for the Point of Sale Retail Scheme, how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
If you're advertising or marketing, including direct marketing, you must be accurate and honest and follow the advertising codes of practice
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
This measure introduces powers to tackle electronic sales suppression.
VetPlus are celebrating news that its sales in the Indian region have more than doubled following action from the Department of Business and Trade.
Guide for overseas investors on how to access NHS procurement channels.
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