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Learn more about VAT including accounting schemes, VAT Returns and keeping records.
The guide to VAT rules and procedures.
Find out how to fill in your VAT return, about using VAT accounting schemes and how to submit your return electronically.
Find out how to use the Flat Rate Scheme, who can use it and how to apply to join the scheme.
Credit reference agencies and other qualifying applicants can apply for VAT registration data for use in making financial assessments.
Find out if you need to register for VAT jointly or as an individual when you buy, let or develop land with another taxable person.
Find out how to get an agent reference number for VAT, VAT Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS), NOVA or VAT EU Refunds for Agents.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
Find out the different ways you can get client authorisation including the digital handshake, Online Agent Authorisation service, paper forms and through your client's business tax account.
Use online forms or write to HMRC to register for VAT and keep your VAT registration details up to date
Use form VAT1B to register for UK VAT if you make acquisitions of goods from EU states to bring into Northern Ireland and you've passed the acquisition threshold.
UK businesses registered for VAT that are claiming a VAT refund in another country can ask HMRC for a certificate of status to confirm they are trading in the UK.
How to do a VAT Return, pay your VAT bill, correct errors in your VAT Return, what to do if you're late with your return or payment.
Find out what the VAT EU refunds, Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA), EC Sales List services are, when to use those services and how to do it.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
Use the Customs Declaration Service or Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight online service, or form C285, depending on where you made your declaration.
Flat Rate VAT scheme - eligibility, thresholds, flat rates of VAT and joining or leaving the scheme
Use this service to submit your One Stop Shop (OSS) VAT Return and pay the VAT due if you're registered for the OSS Union scheme.
Find out about VAT payments deferred between 20 March and 30 June 2020.
Use form VAT2 to provide details of partners when you register a partnership for VAT.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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