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Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
If you buy or sell second-hand vehicles, find out how other products and circumstances affect the scheme and how you account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
If you sell horses or ponies in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
Find out how the changes to funding for higher education providers in England will affect their VAT treatment from 1 August 2019.
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 when you need to agree a bespoke VAT retail scheme with HMRC.
Check the VAT rules for food processing and abattoir services.
Find out when goods can be zero-rated if they’re sold to overseas visitors for personal use by a VAT-registered business in Northern Ireland (VAT Notice 704).
This information sheet tells you about changes from 1 January 2019 to the VAT legislation governing face value vouchers in Schedule 10A of the VAT Act 1994.
Find out about the transitional guidance on VAT treatment of transactions of specified supplies of finance and insurance services.
How to account for VAT if you're a supplier and accept purchasing cards, or a business that buys goods and services using a purchasing card.
Check which attractions are eligible for the temporary reduced rate of VAT from 15 July 2020.
How to account for VAT on new ships, aircraft and land vehicles you move between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 728).
Find out about gaining approval for a fair partial exemption special method if you deal with partial exemption for insurers.
Find out about VAT payments deferred between 20 March and 30 June 2020.
Find out which supplies made by a youth club or an association of youth clubs are exempt from VAT.
Find out how to spot VAT missing trader fraud and how to protect yourself or your business from organised criminals.
Find out when to use the zero rate of VAT when supplying machine tools that stay in the UK but are used to manufacture goods for export.
If you sell second-hand houseboats or caravans in the UK, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718).
If you buy and sell goods between Northern Ireland and the EU, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
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