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You can claim relief on Customs Duty and VAT if you're importing scientific materials and apparatus for education or research to the UK.
Use form VAT56 to make a change to the representative member of a VAT group.
Find out about the transitional guidance on VAT treatment of transactions of specified supplies of finance and insurance services.
Find out the rules on disclosing arrangements and transactions that provide a VAT advantage.
If you import or export goods, find out if you can use a margin scheme to account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
Find out which sanitary protection products you can supply at the zero rate of VAT.
How to account for VAT if your business allows goods and services to be used for temporary or permanent private use.
How to reclaim VAT you've paid in an EU country if you’re registered for VAT in the UK.
Find out the rules from 1 January 2018 if you promote or use arrangements that are meant to give someone a VAT or other indirect tax saving or a tax deferral.
Find out which postage stamps are free of VAT and when VAT must be applied to stamps, stamped stationery and other philatelic supplies.
Find out how your VAT invoices are affected by the reverse charge if you're a wholesale electronic communications supplier in the UK.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
Find out what VAT checks you must carry out on overseas sellers if you're an online marketplace operator, and what HMRC will do if you do not meet their requirements.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Check a UK VAT number online service.
Find out how to work out what VAT to charge when goods are sold if you’re an online marketplace operator.
Find out how to apply for Simplified Import VAT Accounting to lower the financial guarantees you give for the duty deferment scheme.
Find technical resources for software developers working with the EC Sales List online service.
Get relief if you’re importing biological and chemical substances for research purposes from outside the EU and UK.
Check the availability and any issues affecting the approval and set up of your agent services account if you are not based in the UK.
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