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Check if you can apply for an exemption from Making Tax Digital for VAT and submitting your VAT Returns using software.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
Use this service to disclose an underpayment of duty, VAT or other import charges on an import declaration made using Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
Find out about the VAT liability of funeral services and other activities relating to the disposal of the remains of the dead.
Find out how to make tax and duty-free supplies to NATO visiting forces, NATO International Military Headquarters and US military cemeteries in the UK.
How to identify and report outsourced labour payroll fraud (sometimes called ‘payslip fraud’) if you’re a worker, employer or agency.
You can claim relief on Customs Duty, VAT and Excise Duty if you're importing goods for testing, analysis or examination to the UK.
Find out when HMRC apply a default surcharge, how it works and how to avoid a VAT surcharge.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
Find out if you can register for VAT under the VAT registration scheme for racehorse owners.
Find out if you need to pay VAT when you sell goods to customers in the UK using an online marketplace.
If you buy second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim on your VAT Return.
Find out how Northern Ireland and EU businesses can claim refunds of VAT incurred on goods in the EU and Northern Ireland using the EU VAT refund system.
How to register for the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme to report and pay VAT due on distance sales of goods from Northern Ireland to consumers in the EU.
Find out the general rules for the Apportionment Retail Schemes (1 and 2), how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
You can claim a relief to pay no Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing goods for charitable use.
Find out which museums or galleries that offer free admission are eligible for refunds under the VAT Refund Scheme.
Find out how to create a CSV file to submit your declaration, what file layout to use and how to resolve problems with file upload failures.
Find out more about the new service supporting major investment projects, including how the scheme works, who can apply, the taxes covered and the financial threshold.
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