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• Claim a VAT refund for a conversion if you're a DIY housebuilder

  Use the online service or VAT431C form to reclaim VAT, if you're a DIY housebuilder converting an existing building into a dwelling.

  • Updated: 25 January 2024
• Driving a motorhome

  Motorhomes and campervans - size limits and licences you need to drive in the UK
• Claim a VAT refund for a new home or charity building if you're a DIY housebuilder

  Use the online service or VAT431NB form to reclaim VAT, if you're a DIY housebuilder building a new home or charity building.

  • Updated: 25 February 2025
• Being a goods vehicle operator

  Information about becoming a goods vehicle operator, getting a goods vehicle licence and complying with regulations
• VAT refunds for conversions if you’re a DIY housebuilder

  Check if you can claim a VAT refund using the DIY housebuilders scheme, if you’re converting an existing building into a dwelling.

  • Updated: 6 November 2025
• Vehicle registration

  How to register your vehicle and the cost: including new registrations, kit-built vehicles, repairs and restorations, and structural modifications.
• Importing vehicles into the UK

  Steps you must follow when importing vehicles into the UK, including making an import declaration, paying VAT and duty and telling HMRC using the NOVA service.
• VAT refunds using the DIY housebuilder scheme

  Check if you can reclaim VAT using the DIY housebuilder scheme for new builds, conversions and charitable buildings.

  • Updated: 11 April 2024
• Reclaim VAT on a self build home

  VAT refunds on building new homes and conversions - how to claim, application form and guidance notes
• Towing with a car

  Towing trailers, caravans and horseboxes with a car, including the weight and size limits, and what licence you need to have