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Check when you can use postponed VAT accounting to declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT Return.
Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
Find out what you need to do when importing commercial goods into Great Britain in your accompanied baggage or small vehicle.
Find out what to do if you experience a problem whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
Origin declaration guidance for UK exports under the terms of the UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA).
Information on the UK’s accession to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) and how CPTPP can benefit and support SMEs.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
Check the time limits and how to claim back import duty and VAT you’ve paid on damaged or rejected imports.
Use the online service to report non-customs state aid payments you’ve received to HMRC and view your state aid allowance if you’ve claimed Customs Duty waivers.
Find out the completion rules instructions for each 3-digit Union and National Additional Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/11 for Imports.
Make an entry summary declaration if you move goods into Great Britain, into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, or into Northern Ireland from countries outside the EU.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Find out how to give or view an authority to use deferment, guarantee or cash account to import goods.
Find out how to declare goods you’re bringing into Great Britain to sell or use for your business that are under the total value of £2,500 and meet certain other conditions.
How to import plants, fruit, vegetables, cut flowers, trees, seeds and used agricultural machinery from non-EU countries to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
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