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Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
Check what classifies as plastic, recycled plastic and packaging components, and if the packaging you manufacture or import is subject to the tax.
Find out when you can zero rate VAT for advertisements and goods used for the collection of donations.
You can get relief on exported and converted packaging in the same accounting period or claim a credit for them on a later tax return.
Get help to classify various types of wood for import and export.
How to apply for repayment of import duty and VAT on protective equipment or medical supplies brought into the UK from non-EU countries from 30 January 2020 up to 31 December 2020.
Find out how to decide what checks to make if you manufacture, import or buy plastic packaging from another business, and examples of checks you can carry out.
Check what security features you’ll need put on tobacco product packaging.
Sign in or create an account for your organisation to report packaging data. This means it can comply with extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
Use the case studies to help you decide when your goods may (or may not) go beyond insufficient production.
How to register a group of companies for Plastic Packaging Tax.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Find out the information you must give to customers on food products and how to give it.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
How to use the simplified declaration procedure when importing goods into the UK.
How changes and issues may affect the way you should file your Company Tax Return.
Marketing standards for hatching egg and chick producers, manufacturers, retailers and distributors.
If you have manufactured or imported 10 or more tonnes of plastic packaging in the last 12 months, you may need to register for the tax.
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