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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
You're required to keep records for all traded goods you declare to HMRC for four years, for duty and tax purposes and for government statistics.
How to charge and account for VAT on the movement of goods between Northern Ireland and EU member states (VAT Notice 725).
Find out the general rules for the Point of Sale Retail Scheme, how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Find out what records you must keep and how to keep them if you're registered for VAT.
Records and paperwork you must keep if you're self-employed as a sole trader or partner in a business: income, costs, profit, how long to keep records.
If you buy or sell second-hand vehicles, find out how other products and circumstances affect the scheme and how you account for VAT. (VAT Notice 718)
Find out the general rules for the Apportionment Retail Schemes (1 and 2), how the scheme works, records you must keep and how to work out your VAT.
Find out about the Direct Calculation VAT Retail Schemes 1 and 2, how they work and what records you must keep.
How sellers deal with VAT for goods from overseas that they sell direct to customers in the UK.
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
Find out how to report and pay VAT due on the distance sales of goods from Northern Ireland to consumers in the EU using the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme.
Find out when you must charge a minimum of 10 pence for single-use carrier bags, bags you're not required to charge for and the records you must keep and submit.
Get authorised to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU, so that the applicable EU rate of duty will not be payable on those goods.
Get help to classify textiles and which headings and codes to use.
How to apply VAT rules to supplies, imports and export of gold and investment gold.
How to register for the One Stop Shop (OSS) Union scheme to report and pay VAT due on distance sales of goods from Northern Ireland to consumers in the EU.
Accounting for VAT using retail schemes if you're a VAT-registered business and you cannot account for VAT using normal accounting.
How to use VAT margin schemes - records you need to keep, invoicing and VAT return reporting
Create and submit catch records for all English and Welsh under 10 metre (U10m) flag vessels that fish in UK waters.
Find out how to use the Flat Rate Scheme, who can use it and how to apply to join the scheme.
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