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How you should account for VAT on goods that are lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed.
Report a manufacturer or a dealer for making or selling new vehicles, vehicle parts and vehicle accessories with safety problems.
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
If you’re an agent, find out how to use a VAT margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
Doorstep selling, regulations, written notice of the right to cancel, exemptions, penalties
Understand and avoid all types of anti-competitive and cartel activity including price-fixing, collusion, bid-ridding and sharing markets. Know how to report concerns to the CMA.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
What makes you self-employed, what counts as trading and what to do, including registering for Self Assessment.
Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
How to send returns to the Environment Agency and waste producer if you receive or dispose of hazardous waste.
When charities can trade, tax rules and when to trade through a separate company.
Register or renew registration with the Environment Agency to transport, buy, sell or broker waste.
Find out when the Environment Agency classes a motor vehicle as waste and waste controls apply.
How to dispose of household waste legally. Check your council’s website for bin collection, bulky waste collection. What you must do if using private companies
If you import or export goods, find out if you can use a margin scheme to account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
Get a customs declaration form to take goods with you to sell outside the EU
When and how to account for VAT when you transfer a business as a going concern (TOGC).
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.
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