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Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
Check the tariff classification for a sleeveless knitted garment (a so-called running vest).
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
This guidance explains what rules of origin (RoOs) are and the changes under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
This guidance outlines the requirements for claiming preferential tariffs under the Developing Countries Trading Scheme (DCTS).
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
This research is based on direct surveys of garment workers and interviews and focus-group discussions
This report includes a country case study on Lesotho
If you get help from social services, direct payments let you choose and buy the services you need yourself, instead of getting them from your council
Check the tariff classification for a flat rectangular article made of lightweight woven textile fabric.
Use these general provisions to help you determine the origin of your products.
Find out which supplies of children’s clothing or footwear are zero-rated for VAT.
How to use the Digital Marketplace to find cloud technology and specialist services for digital projects.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
Find out about the different simplified declarations for imports and what you need to do to get authorisation to use them.
Check the tariff classification for tape made of elastic textile fabric.
Find out when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
Find out how to use the Trader Dress Rehearsal service to help prepare for using the Customs Declaration Service to make declarations.
Get a preferential rate on goods you import to the UK from a Developing Countries Trading Scheme country.
Find out the general rules for the Point of Sale Retail Scheme, how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
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