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Business potential of producing crops for non-food markets, how and where to grow them and details of organisations providing grants.
Find out when you need to charge VAT and at what rate if you supply food and drink for the purposes of catering or as a takeaway.
Statistics about crops grown in the UK for non-food use.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
The rules on bringing food or animal products into Great Britain from abroad: restrictions, types of food and the amount you can bring.
Find out how to apply VAT zero rating for the supply of those plants and seeds that are used to grow food for human consumption.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out more information on expenses, payments and benefits that are non-taxable.
Labelling rules for businesses in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and retailers in Northern Ireland, for certain agri-food products moved under the Northern Ireland Retail Movement Scheme.
Legal standards for labelling and composition of food products such as bottled water, milk and meat.
How to import animals and animal products to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales), the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man from non-EU countries.
Find out which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Work out the VAT liability of goods and services supplied by health and care institutions and providers of non residential care to children.
Find out what a composite food product is, and the rules you need to follow to export or move these products from Great Britain to the EU and Northern Ireland.
Get help to classify edible vegetables, roots, tubers, herbs, spices, fruit, nuts and peel for import and export.
Find out when it's possible to get zero-rated supplies on medical and research goods and services that have been funded by charities.
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