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You can claim relief on Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing scientific materials and apparatus for education or research to the UK.
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.
A report on Research and Development (R&D) tax reliefs, with detail of changes announced at Budget and next steps. It provides a summary of responses to the consultation published in Spring.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing inherited goods into the UK.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
How to claim the new merged scheme R&D expenditure credit (RDEC) and enhanced R&D intensive support for accounting periods beginning on or after 1 April 2024.
You can claim relief to pay no duty or VAT when importing laboratory animals intended for scientific research.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.
How to get Inheritance Tax relief on business assets in an estate, what qualifies, giving away business property or assets
You can claim relief on Customs Duty, VAT and Excise Duty if you're importing goods for testing, analysis or examination to the UK.
Check if your use of oils for an industrial purpose means you do not have to pay Fuel Duty or you’re entitled to a repayment.
Find the documents for details of the conditions in which a 'good' may be eligible for a relief from the standard tariff rate.
You can claim relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing therapeutic substances of human origin, blood-grouping or tissue-typing reagents, or related packaging, solvents and accessories.
Terms of reference for the tax reliefs review
Find out about the Rural Fuel Duty Relief Scheme for retailers of fuel and areas eligible for the relief.
Use this declaration to show that a disabled person is getting goods or services for their personal or domestic use, and will claim relief from VAT.
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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