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Invoicing and taking payment from customers, what invoices must include, VAT invoices, sole trader invoices, limited company invoices, payment options, charging for late payment, chargebacks

• Overview

  If you sell a customer a product or a service, you need to give them an…

• Invoices - what they must include

  Your invoice must include: a unique identification number your company…

• Payment - obligations

  Your right to be paid You can set your own payment terms, such as…

You may be able to pay no Customs Duty or a reduced amount of duty for goods you bring or receive into the UK, depending on what they are and what you do with them.

• Updated: 5 August 2021

The Payment Exception Service is a way for people who do not have a bank account to collect benefit or pension payments. It replaces the Simple Payment service

VAT and other taxes on shopping and services, including tax-free shopping, energy-saving equipment and mobility aids.

Guidance on getting extra payments to help with the cost of living from 2022 to 2024 if you were entitled to certain benefits or tax credits.

• Updated: 12 September 2025

Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.

• Updated: 31 March 2025

Reports on departmental spending over £500 with a government procurement card (GPC).

• Updated: 2 November 2020

Find out what to do if EU countries have deducted tax from interest, royalty and dividend payments made into the UK.

• Updated: 5 January 2021

Bringing in goods for personal use when you travel to the UK from abroad - types of tax and duty, duty free, EU and non-EU arrivals, banned and restricted goods.

Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account, so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.

• Updated: 30 September 2025