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Find out if you can get a refund on goods and services under a VAT Refund Scheme if you’re a charity.
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
Submit a claim for a VAT-related payment using the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme.
Use this tool to estimate what registering for VAT might mean for your business.
If you're an education provider, check if and when you need to register for VAT to prepare for VAT being chargeable on school and boarding fees.
Find out when and how to cancel your VAT registration.
Use a customs comprehensive guarantee to cover Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT when you regularly import goods or use common and Union transit.
Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
If you've reached the maximum points allowed, find out how to remove them and avoid a further £200 penalty. Check when individual penalty points expire.
Use form VAT53 to allow an accountant, or agent, to register or make changes to a VAT group on your behalf.
Find out how to access guidance and videos to help you with VAT online services and your VAT online account.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
This notice explains when protective equipment is zero-rated and children's car seats and travel systems are reduced-rated at 5% VAT.
Find out which type of account you need to apply for so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Find out what the VAT EU refunds, Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA), EC Sales List services are, when to use those services and how to do it.
What happens if you underpay import or export duties and who is responsible for the debt.
Find out about the customs value and using the valuation methods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Check if the business that stores your goods in the UK is registered with the Fulfilment House Due Diligence Scheme if you’re a trader based outside of the UK.
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