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Rules for online and distance selling for businesses
You must provide certain information if you’re selling goods or services…
As well as the rules for distance selling, there are extra rules for…
Guidance and resources to help you navigate the online world with confidence.
Find out about the Competition and Market Authority (CMA)'s work to tackle potentially harmful online selling practices.
Find out your VAT obligations if you use an online marketplace to sell goods in the UK.
Find out if you need to register for the tax if your group provides a social media platform, search engine or online marketplace to UK users.
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
How the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is helping businesses to comply with the law, and using its new powers to tackle poor online pricing practices.
The Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) work to promote competition in digital markets.
A research paper from the CMA
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