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Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
Find what you or your business may need before you hire someone to act directly or indirectly on your behalf.
Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Find a list of codes for the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared (for example, licences and certificates) in Data Element 2/3 (Appendix 5A).
Use this service to disclose an underpayment of Customs Duty, excise duty or import VAT on an import declaration (entry) made using CHIEF.
Find out what happens when a pre-lodged import declaration is rejected and what you need to do to get your goods released.
How to apply for the different simplified declarations for exports and what you need for authorisation to use them.
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
Statistical notice about changes to the way DWP will publish statistics about benefit underpayments and call for feedback.
Find out the rules to establish the country of origin of imported and exported goods and to help identify goods which qualify for lower or no Customs Duty.
Check which Authorised Economic Operator status you could apply for and their benefits if your business has role in the international supply chain.
Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) error report and solution.
Use form BOR286 if you believe the Customs Duty or import VAT was wrongly calculated on an item you imported by post using Royal Mail or Parcelforce.
Check if your import, export or re-export needs a permit or certificate under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
Designs correction of error notices are used to notify any third party of a proposed correction of a clerical error made by the registry prior to a correction taking place.
You may need an individual guarantee or a customs comprehensive guarantee to enter goods into a customs special procedure and defer duty.
How to account for import VAT on your VAT Return if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
How to amend or cancel simplified frontier declarations, C21s and non-special procedure non-monetary supplementary declarations.
Find out if you need to update your VAT Return, make the correction online or use the VAT652 form to notify HMRC about errors.
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