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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.
VAT, duty and customs declarations for goods received by post or courier - paying, collecting your goods, getting a refund and documents.
Anything posted or couriered to you from another country goes through…
You’ll be contacted by Royal Mail, Parcelforce or the courier company if…
Check that goods sent to you from outside the UK (or outside the UK and…
To qualify as gifts, goods must be: described as gifts on the customs…
Find out how to account for VAT schemes on business gifts, samples and promotional schemes.
Tax and reporting rules for employers providing gifts to employees
DFID special advisers gifts, hospitality and meetings returns.
This tax information and impact note advises of a new process to allow a donor to give permission to an intermediary to create Gift Aid declarations on their behalf.
This series brings together all documents relating to Gifts given
This series brings together all documents relating to special advisers: gifts, hospitality and meetings.
A scheme for the gifting of cultural objects in exchange for tax reductions
Holdover relief on gifts means you do not pay Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you give away business assets and some shares - eligibility, how it works, how to claim it
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