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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.
Certificates you can use when zero rating goods or services under the VAT Act 1994, Schedule 8, Group 15, items 4 to 6.
Find out when and how HMRC may penalise you if you fail to register for VAT at the right time, and your rights to appeal against the penalty.
You can claim relief on Customs Duty, VAT and Excise Duty if you're importing goods for testing, analysis or examination to the UK.
Use the Capital Goods Scheme if you reclaim VAT on capital items like expensive land, property or computer equipment.
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.
Find out how to apply VAT to charges for postage, delivery services and how to treat direct marketing services involving distribution of printed matter.
Find out if you need to register to store goods in the UK for sellers established outside the UK.
This notice explains the VAT liability of certain financial services in the UK.
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.
Find out when and how to cancel your VAT registration.
Find out how to apply VAT if you're in the taxi and private hire car trade.
Find out if you can get a refund on goods and services under a VAT Refund Scheme if you’re a charity.
Find out about the customs value and using the valuation methods if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
How VAT affects travel agents and tour operators.
Find out how to report supplies of goods from Northern Ireland to VAT-registered customers in an EU country using an EC Sales List.
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 this service for Temporary Admission, inward processing or authorised use with an authorisation by declaration, or if proof of origin was not available at the time of import.
Find out who can use the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme, how to use it and how to apply to join the scheme.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
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