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What to do when selling a vehicle: your vehicle log book (V5C), submitting the right information to DVLA, private (personalised) registration numbers.
If you sell second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
Buy or sell a vehicle, check a used vehicle, written off vehicles, scrapping a vehicle
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a vehicle
If you buy or sell second-hand vehicles, find out how other products and circumstances affect the scheme and how you account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
VAT for motor dealers and members of the motor trade - work out what VAT to charge when you sell a vehicle.
How to account for VAT on vehicles and fuel you use for your business.
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Report a manufacturer or a dealer for making or selling new vehicles, vehicle parts and vehicle accessories with safety problems.
Tell DVLA you've sold your vehicle or transferred it to a new registered keeper (owner), or that you've bought a vehicle
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim on your VAT Return.
Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
Trade licence plates - who can use them, when they can be used and how to get a trade licence
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim if you are VAT registered in the EU.
How and when you can seize a vehicle to investigate a waste crime.
If you buy second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
What you need to tell DVLA and how to deal with vehicle tax if someone who was a driver has died
Scrap your vehicle at an authorised treatment facility if it’s reached the end of its life and you want to dispose of it
Find out what records and invoices you need to keep as part of the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
Find out how to work out the value of a motor vehicle when calculating a payment using the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
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