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Guidance for local authorities on how to access the local government income compensation scheme for lost sales, fees and charges as a result of COVID-19.
The graves of three World War One soldiers, from Somerset, London and Staffordshire, have now been marked more than a century after their deaths.
Get a declaration of presumed death if a person has been missing for at least 7 years or you think they've died - form N208, certificate of presumed death, appeal, complain
You can make a claim for a ‘declaration of presumed death’ from the High…
Download and fill in a claim form (N208) with details about: yourself -…
You must advertise your application in a newspaper local to the missing…
You’ll have to attend a hearing about your claim with a High Court judge -…
Challenge a claim for a presumption of death declaration if you think the missing person is not dead or died on a different date or in a different place to what the claim says
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
Guidance for completing forms ID1: Certificate of identity for a private individual, and ID2: Certificate of identity for a body corporate.
If someone dies without a will or known family, their ownerless property (bona vacantia) goes to the crown - check if you're an entitled relative, search for an estate, refer or claim on an estate
Find out the rules for transferring unused tax-free residence allowance to a surviving spouse or civil partner.
Find out how you could be made liable for the unpaid VAT of another VAT-registered business when you buy or sell specified goods.
How to prepare and analyse the data you collected for your evaluation.
ESC failure, Hangingstone Hill, Dartmoor, Devon, 18 September 2019.
Check if an estate can get the residence nil rate band (RNRB) when someone downsizes, gifts or sells their home before they die.
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