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Find out what you need to do when importing goods from outside the UK to a customs warehouse.
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
Legal requirements and good practice guidance for SQP retailers’ premises inspections.
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
Pandemic flu planning information for England and the devolved administrations, including guidance for organisations and businesses.
Guidance for designated collection facilities (DCF) and charities on how to comply with WEEE and waste regulations.
What to expect when the Valuation Office Agency visit and measure non-domestic property.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
The Communities and Local Government Select Committee Report on retail markets recognised the need to share good practice, and recommended that…
Find out the general rules for the Apportionment Retail Schemes (1 and 2), how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
How to get a handling or storage site approved, how to store animal by-products (ABPs) and derived products, and how to build the site.
British travellers to the US must register with the Electronic System for Travel Authorisation (ESTA) before their journey
Find out when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
How to minimise your risk, and what to do if there's a terrorist attack.
Poster to help independent retailers understand what they need to do to comply with consumer law.
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.
Find out how to qualify for drawback and what you'll need to do to make a claim on duty you have already paid.
Check if someone selling medicines online in Northern Ireland is allowed to do so by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)
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