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Check if an item of upholstered domestic seating is a waste or non-waste item and, if it is waste, identify if it contains persistent organic pollutants (POPs).
Find out when it's possible to get zero-rated supplies on medical and research goods and services that have been funded by charities.
Get help to classify articles of leather and other items in chapter 42 of the tariff for import and export.
You can only import certain goods using an ATA Carnet to claim relief under temporary admission in the UK. Some goods have special conditions attached.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
If you have a disability, or are an organisation supporting disabled people, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
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.
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Find out which plastic packaging components are exempt or excluded from the tax, and if the packaging counts towards the 10-tonne threshold for registration.
Restrictions on items you can take into a court or tribunal building; going through security
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 which live animals and animal foods or feeding stuffs are zero-rated for VAT.
Find out about which goods and services for disabled people and people aged 60 or over that you should apply zero or reduced rate VAT.
Find out which types of food are zero-rated and which are standard-rated for VAT purposes.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into the UK.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Get help to classify various types of vehicles such as mobility scooters, dumpers and utility vehicles, all-terrain vehicles and e-bikes for import and export.
Guidance on how to license electronic cigarettes and other inhaled nicotine-containing products (NCPs) as medicines in the UK.
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