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Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
Working out and paying Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you sell shares, claiming tax relief
Order a certificate of free sale to export medical devices outside the UK.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
To sell goods to UK consumers, you may need to partner with other organisations, such as importers, distributors or retailers.
Find out which method you should use to calculate the customs value if you’re a selling agent or branch office.
Requirements for excise goods held in duty suspension in a warehouse by an authorised warehousekeeper, registered owner, duty representative or registered consignor in the UK.
Find out if VAT is due when you sell, send or transfer goods from Great Britain to outside the UK or from Northern Ireland to outside the UK and EU.
Relief from Capital Gains Tax (CGT) if you buy new business assets with the proceeds from selling old ones, check if you're eligible, how to claim
Find out how you can sell duty-free or duty-paid alcohol and tobacco products through airlines, on ships, in export stores and in duty-free shops.
How to create invoices for transactions in foreign currencies and convert them into pound sterling when you account for VAT.
If you sell second-hand houseboats or caravans in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
How to sell a home: Energy Performance Certificates (EPCs), using estate agents, finding a legal professional, getting offers, transferring ownership and making complaints.
VAT for car dealers and members of the motor trade - how to reclaim VAT and what to charge when you sell a vehicle
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
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 UK trade data from HMRC. Look up data about imports, exports, commodities and traders.
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