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Check what you need to do if you're sending, receiving and storing VAT invoices in an electronic format.
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
If you sell a customer a product or a service, you need to give them an…
Your invoice must include: a unique identification number your company…
Your right to be paid You can set your own payment terms, such as…
Tax and reporting rules for employers covering the cost of personal expenses on overnight business trips
As an employer providing incidental overnight expenses to your employees,…
You don’t have to report or pay anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)…
If any of the overnight expenses you cover aren’t exempt, you may have to…
The following guide contains more detailed information: incidental…
Supplementary Q&A for public sector buyers on paying undisputed invoices within 30 days
Search reports on business payment practices: when invoices are paid, payment terms and practices.
How customers and their suppliers must treat VAT if they're using self-billing arrangements.
Find out information about employee incidentals overnight expenses for business travel.
Information on measures introduced by the government to tackle late and unfair payment practices in both public and private sectors.
Details of the monthly spend by the CNPA on invoices over £25,000 in October 2021
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