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Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Anything posted or couriered to you from another country goes through…
You’ll be contacted by Royal Mail, Parcelforce or the courier company if…
Check that goods sent to you from outside the UK (or outside the UK and…
To qualify as gifts, goods must be: described as gifts on the customs…
How to account for VAT on services when a vehicle, ship or aircraft is provided, together with a driver or crew for the transport of goods.
Study on the potential role of shipping CO2 in reducing the cost of carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) in the UK.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
How to take someone to the court to get compensation or payment for a collision at sea, a ship mortgage or another shipping dispute.
Tax and customs on personal belongings when you move to the UK permanently or temporarily - shipping, tax and duty
Find out which postage stamps are free of VAT and when VAT must be applied to stamps, stamped stationery and other philatelic supplies.
Guide to maritime and shipping statistics including notes and definitions, quality information and supporting technical documents.
Writ of Delivery: delivery of goods, damages and costs: Form No.64.
How Standard Shipping Notes, Dangerous Goods Notes and Export Cargo Shipping Instructions work, and where you can get them from.
Find out if you can zero rate VAT if you sell, lease or hire out a freight container for export from 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.
This sets out best practice principles to ensure retailers' delivery services meet the needs of customers who live in remote communities.
Understand how trading conditions and insurance can limit the financial risk for freight forwarders.
How to work out the customs value of imported goods that are free of charge, used, rented or leased if you're an importer or clearing agent.
How to use Method 1 to work out the customs value of your imported goods if you're an importer or clearing agent.
How to work out the customs value for Customs Duty, import VAT and trade statistics if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Find out what you can do with your goods when they are being processed or repaired using outward processing.
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