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Buy a vehicle - how to check you’re not buying a stolen vehicle. Registering, taxing and insuring your vehicle.
Check registration, MOT, tax, vehicle identification number and other details to help make sure a used car is not stolen or unsafe
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a 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).
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
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.
Providing advice on purchasing a repaired ‘written off’ vehicle and what you should know.
Check which electric (plug-in) and hybrid vans, trucks and motorbikes are available for a grant.
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim if you are VAT registered in the EU.
Use form VAT410 to apply to buy a motor vehicle in the UK to export to non-EU countries.
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)
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Taking your car out of the UK - when VAT is not payable on a car you're exporting, procedures, registration and vehicle tax.
Find out which motor vehicles you can and cannot claim a payment for using the scheme.
Find out how to apply for VAT relief on adapted motor vehicles, if you’re eligible to buy these vehicles and the evidence you need to supply them.
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