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Find out when and at what rate you need to charge VAT if you supply food and drink for catering or takeaway.
Find out when you can zero rate books and other forms of printed matter.
Find out how to account for VAT on entertainment provided by your business.
Use these road fuel charges from 1 May 2025 on your VAT return, to account for private consumption of fuel on a business vehicle.
Find out when and how to register for VAT.
Learn more about getting started as an employer or running a small business including registration, payroll, tax returns, tax bills and payments.
Find out about group and divisional VAT registration and the forms you should use to apply.
Find out how to apply Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when there are multiple sales or transfers between the same buyer and seller.
Find out about the VAT place of supply rules if your business sells digital services to private consumers.
Get step by step help to run your payroll and change payroll details using Basic PAYE Tools.
Use the online service or VAT431NB form to reclaim VAT, if you're a DIY housebuilder building a new home or charity building.
Check when you can use postponed VAT accounting to declare and recover import VAT on the same VAT Return.
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.
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 how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
You can claim a relief to pay less Customs Duty and VAT if you re-import goods to the UK.
Find out what the PAYE for Agents online service is for, what you can do in the service and how to do it.
Use this form after a business has cancelled its VAT registration to tell HMRC about VAT you need to reclaim. You can also use this form where you are reclaiming VAT and have VAT due on goods sold to satisfy a debt.
Use form VAT50/51 to apply to register a VAT group.
Use the online calculator to find out your Alcohol Duty rates.
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