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Use this online service (VAT126) to claim back VAT if you're exempt from it as a local authority, academy, public body or eligible charity.
Find out when and at what rate you need to charge VAT if you supply food and drink for catering or takeaway.
Find out how VAT applies to education, research, vocational training, examination services and goods and services connected with these activities.
How and when to use paper form VAT1 to register a new or existing business, or one you're taking over.
Find out how to account for VAT on entertainment provided by your business.
How to claim a VAT refund in the UK if you're established outside the UK.
Find out about the VAT domestic reverse charge procedure which applies to the buying and selling of certain goods and services.
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
How to account for import VAT on your VAT Return if you're using postponed VAT accounting.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
From 1 January 2023, HMRC will charge VAT-registered businesses late payment interest from the first day their payment is overdue until it is paid in full.
From 1 January 2023, you’ll get penalty points if you submit a VAT Return late (including nil payment returns). Find out how points work and how to avoid a £200 penalty.
Find out if you can get VAT relief if you're having building work done in your home related to your disability.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Check if you can claim relief from VAT if you supply goods or services to a customer, but you are not paid.
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
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