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Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
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OISC online presentation on expectations in consumer care
A research paper from OFCOM
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
Research to explore how HMRC customers are likely to respond to digital customer services and why, to help inform service design.
How to find export opportunities and overseas customers for your business on great.gov.uk: get help selling online overseas, get help from a trade specialist.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
What you need to do now that the eCommerce Directive no longer applies to the UK.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Information and advice for businesses on how to comply with consumer protection law in the online reviews and endorsements sectors.
The Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work aims to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
This collection brings together all customer updates published by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS).
Find out if you need to pay VAT if you sell goods using an online marketplace or direct to customers in the UK.
What is consumer satisfaction and how it is achieved.
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