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Find out if VAT is due when you sell, send or transfer goods from Great Britain to outside the UK or from Northern Ireland to outside the UK and EU.
Check when you can use postponed VAT accounting to declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT Return.
How to account for VAT if you’re a contractor or subcontractor installing energy-saving materials and grant-funded heating equipment.
How to claim a VAT refund in the UK if you're established outside the UK.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out when and at what rate you need to charge VAT if you supply food and drink for catering or takeaway.
How and when to use paper form VAT1 to register a new or existing business, or one you're taking over.
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.
Find out about the VAT domestic reverse charge procedure which applies to the buying and selling of certain goods and services.
How to account for VAT on goods and services provided by registered health professionals, including doctors, dentists, nurses and pharmacists.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
Find out how to account for VAT on entertainment provided by your business.
Use this service to manage your client's details for VAT, if you’re a tax agent.
Find out which items you can or cannot claim a VAT refund for under the DIY Housebuilders' Scheme.
Use this service to get your import VAT statements and certificates, manage your payment accounts, and manage or view authorities all in one place.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
Find out if you can get VAT relief if you're having building work done in your home related to your disability.
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.
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.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
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