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Current VAT rates - standard 20% and rates for reduced rate and zero-rated items
Use the online form to register as an affected family member of the Post Office Horizon scandal.
Find out if you can drive a minibus and what licence you need - when you need to have a PCV D1 category licence
Employment status (worker, employee, self-employed, director or contractor) affects employment rights and employer responsibilities in the workplace
Find out what help you can get from your council to dispose of hazardous and toxic waste
Find out if you're eligible for New Style Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) and how to claim.
The different types of court - magistrates' court, Crown Court and youth court - the crimes they deal with and the level of sentences they can give.
Business rates are charged on most non-domestic properties - who has to pay, how your rates are calculated, getting a revaluation, what to do if your premises change.
Find out how to vote in UK elections if you move or live abroad, including eligibility, registering to vote and renewing your registration.
Who needs to use a tachograph and exemptions; digital and analogue tachographs; guidance for goods vehicles, passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs) and light vehicles
Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first-year allowances.
If you're terminally ill and might not live longer than 12 months, you may be able to get some benefits at a higher rate.
As an employer, you might need to report any expenses or benefits you provide to employees - tax and National Insurance (NI) payments.
You may be able to get provisional entitlement to higher category vehicles, and automatic entitlement to lower categories if you pass a higher category driving test.
Apply for a trainee driving instructor licence to help you prepare for the approved driving instructor (ADI) part 3 test
Disputes with neighbours - noisy neighbours, barking dogs, statutory nuisances, high hedges, mediation and when your council can step in
Ask for permission to start proceedings, or to request an order or directions in existing proceedings, or to ask to join or leave proceedings.
Use this form to search for a ‘grant of representation’ (known as ‘probate’) or a will for someone who died in England and Wales in or after 1858.
Apply for a pet travel document (PTD) to take your dog, cat or ferret from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Find out if there’s flooding in your area: flood warnings, flood alerts plus river, sea and groundwater levels.
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