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What packaged goods are, how they are labelled, units of measurements used and compliance with weights and measures regulation.
Ensuring you get what you pay for.
Weights and measures - find out the law on trading standards for packaging and selling products
You must use metric measurements (grams, kilograms, millilitres or litres)…
Some goods must be sold in fixed sizes known as ‘specified quantities’.…
Packaged goods are products that are all of these: sold sealed between 5g…
Equipment for packaged goods The equipment you use to weigh or measure…
You must put the weight or volume of your packaged goods on the label. The…
Tax and reporting rules for employers who meet or reimburse an employee's expenses - scale rate payments round sum allowances (RSA)
Southern Region, Deputy Regional Tribunal Judge Dobson, Colin Davies & Tat Wong on 2nd September 2024
Find out the scale rate expenses for accommodation and subsistence paid to employees who travel outside of the UK.
Common user charge rates and how the charge applies to imports entering Great Britain through the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel.
Residential Property Tribunal Decision of Professor R. Percival on 10 July 2023
Find out about the different types of delivery costs, and which ones you must include or exclude in the customs value if you’re an importer or clearing agent.
Find out about the VAT liability of insurance transactions and insurance related services.
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