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Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Find out how inland pre-clearance checks affect you and what you need to do when we carry out checks on your goods.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing goods for charitable use.
How to use Method 3 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
This collection contains UK Visas and Immigration's guidance to support applications made outside the UK.
Use form C185 to apply for the release of goods free of duty and VAT from warehouse under visiting forces relief.
Check if you need a certificate to export or move food, drink and agricultural products or export animal feed or pet food.
Additional steps you or someone acting on your behalf may need to take to tell HMRC that your goods have arrived in the UK at a location using the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
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.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you’re permanently importing museum and gallery exhibits into the UK.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out how to request a VAT ruling on a complex cross-border transaction by taking part in an EU trial.
Find the notes for all Declaration Category Data Set tables covered by Appendix 21-25 of the CDS Declaration and Customs Clearance Request Instructions.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you are moving your business to the UK and carrying on a similar activity.
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