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Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find out what an ATA Carnet does and where you can get it from, when temporarily exporting goods from the UK.
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 give or view an authority to use deferment, guarantee or cash account to import goods.
The controls that apply if you transport waste out of or into England.
Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
Find a contact list of Border Force customs offices and their opening times.
Tell HMRC about voluntary underpayments arising on import of goods.
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.
Find out the completion rules and instructions for each 4-digit Requested and Previous Procedure Code that can be used in Data Element (DE) 1/10 for Imports.
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
Find out which rates of exchange to use to work out the customs value of your imported goods if any invoice amounts are shown in a foreign currency.
This guidance summarises the requirements, controls and sanctions that Border Force applies to firearms and offensive weapons when they are imported into the UK.
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Check the time limits and how to claim back import duty and VAT you’ve paid on damaged or rejected imports.
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.
Find out how to complete your VAT Return to account for import VAT if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
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