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Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
Find out how to work out the value of a motor vehicle when calculating a payment using the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
If you buy second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
If you buy or sell second-hand vehicles, find out how other products and circumstances affect the scheme and how you account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim on your VAT Return.
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a vehicle
Type approval, individual (IVA), motorcycle single vehicle approval, voluntary approval, certificate of initial fitness, accessibility approval, fees, forms, replacement certificates
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim if you are VAT registered in the EU.
How to register your vehicle and the cost - new registrations, kit cars, rebuilds, radically altered vehicles, old and classic vehicles, vehicle identification numbers, Q plates
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
How to apply for funding for plug-in vehicles as a car manufacturer or dealership.
Check if you can use the Personal Export Scheme and the conditions that apply if you're a buyer or a seller of vehicles.
Buy a private (personalised) number plate, assign it or transfer it to a vehicle - renew or update your entitlement certificate.
If you sell second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
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