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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…
Lassa virus causes Lassa fever, an acute viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF).
This guide sets out who has to apply for a permit, how to apply and explains the other rules covering travel to Antarctica.
The latest reproduction number (R) and growth rate of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Find out if goods you bring into Northern Ireland can be declared 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU and how to make a 'not at risk’ declaration.
Upper Tribunal Administrative Appeals Chamber decision by Judge Stout on 2 May 2024.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Climate change is happening and is due to human activities; along with warming, many other changes are occurring such as melting polar ice, rising sea levels and more frequent floods, droughts and heatwaves.
How you can use relief at source to claim tax relief back on pension scheme contributions.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
Guidance for people with symptoms of a respiratory infection including COVID-19, or a positive test result for COVID-19.
Find out how interest is calculated and applied if you have a Plan 2 student loan, as well as previous interest rates.
Minimum wage rates for different types of paid employment - time work, output work, unmeasured work, salaried hours work.
Find out which sanitary protection products you can supply at the zero rate of VAT.
Flat Rate VAT scheme - eligibility, thresholds, flat rates of VAT and joining or leaving the scheme
Check which rates of Air Passenger Duty you need to pay if you’re a plane operator, and how to fill in your return to HMRC.
The characteristics, diagnosis, epidemiology of hantaviruses.
Find out who can use, and how to apply to join the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme.
Work out how much to give to charity in a will to qualify for the reduced rate of Inheritance Tax.
Find out which postage stamps are free of VAT and when VAT must be applied to stamps, stamped stationery and other philatelic supplies.
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