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How VAT works, what VAT is charged on, VAT thresholds and VAT schemes.

• Overview

  VAT (Value Added Tax) is a tax added to most products and services sold by…

• What VAT is charged on

  VAT is charged on things like: goods and services (a service is anything…

• How much VAT you must charge

  There are 3 different rates of VAT that can be added to products. Which…

• VAT thresholds

  You need to register for VAT if you go over the registration threshold (or…

• VAT schemes

  VAT schemes are designed to simplify the way some VAT-registered…

What you can do if your goods or vehicle are seized by Border Force or HM Revenue and Customs - get your things back or disagree with a customs seizure

• Overview

  Customs will destroy or sell anything it seizes from you for breaking the…

• Ask for your things back

  You can ask for your things back (make a ‘restoration request’) even if…

• Ask for a court hearing

  Send a ‘notice of claim’ if you think it was illegal for customs to seize…

VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.

• Overview

  Anything posted or couriered to you from another country goes through…

• Tax and duty

  You’ll be contacted by Royal Mail, Parcelforce or the courier company if…

• Documents

  Check that goods sent to you from outside the UK (or outside the UK and…

• Gifts

  To qualify as gifts, goods must be: described as gifts on the customs…

Visiting a prisoner: visiting times, keeping in touch by email, telephone or letter, banned items and sending money to a prisoner by debit card or online bank transfer

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing social functions, including annual parties, for employees

Tax and reporting rules for employers covering the costs of subscriptions and professional fees

Tax and reporting rules for employers who make assets available to employees

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing sporting, recreational or leisure facilities

Tax and reporting rules for employers providing parking spaces

Information about seafarer working and living rights - working conditions, conditions of employment, safe working practices, living conditions, dangerous cargo, health and medical care, maritime labour convention, human element