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Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
Get a message (telegram) from the King and the Queen Consort - birthdays and anniversaries that qualify, documents you need.
Find out which gifts count towards the value of the estate, how to value them and work out how much Inheritance Tax may be due.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Find out if Inheritance Tax is due on assets transferred in or out of a trust and on certain trusts at each 10 year anniversary.
Find out how to tell HMRC that a chargeable event has occurred, and Inheritance Tax is due on a gift or trust.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing gifts to employees
This table presents an analysis of the assets held in taxpaying discretionary trusts. Assessments made to 21 May 2014.
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