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Apply for a licence to sell captive birds without the correct close ring (excluding diurnal birds of prey) and find out how to report your actions.
What you need to do to supply, distribute and sell wood for use in domestic heating appliances in England.
Quality and labelling rules for growing, packing, distributing, importing and selling fresh fruit and vegetables.
What you must do when you sell your company, partnership or sole trader business
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods direct to customers in the UK, without the involvement of an online marketplace.
Ways to sell to the public sector - including the Digital Marketplace, Contracts Finder
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
Guidance on the many ways for suppliers to work with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), the science inside UK defence and security.
Legal requirement for the sale of veterinary medicines on the internet and the VMD Accredited Internet Retailer Scheme (AIRS).
If you sell horses or ponies in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
The rules about product labelling - including special rules for retailers and manufacturers in different business sectors (like food, jewellery and toys)
How to label spirit drinks that you plan to sell in the UK.
Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
Advice for manufacturers and retailers on footwear labelling.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
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