Search all content on GOV.UK

Did you mean party plan encourages?

• Revenue and Customs Brief 19 (2014): VAT First-tier Tribunal decision on the UK's 'party-plan' derogation

  HM Revenue and Customs position following Avon Cosmetics Ltd First-tier Tribunal decision to ensure VAT is declared on retail sales made through non-registered representatives.

  • Updated: 16 April 2014
• Hot weather advice: mass gatherings and planning events

  Health advice for those planning events and mass gatherings during periods of hot weather in England.

  • Updated: 19 December 2024
• Expenses and benefits: social functions and parties

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

  • Overview

    As an employer providing social functions and parties for your employees,…

  • What's exempt

    You might not have to report anything to HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) or…

  • What to report and pay

    If any of the events you provide are not exempt, you’ll have to report the…

  • Technical guidance

    The following guide contains more detailed information: particular…

• Before submitting an application

  Sets out process and expectations on pre-application discussions.

  • Updated: 15 March 2019
• Social media playbook

  This playbook explains how we use social media at GDS. In it, we share our best practice, what we've learned and what we're planning to do.

  • Updated: 23 January 2023
• Plan-making

  Guidance on plan-making.

  • Updated: 27 November 2025
• Appeals

  Advice on planning appeals and the award costs.

  • Updated: 25 April 2024
• Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects - Advice on working with public bodies in the infrastructure planning process - Annex D: Environment Agency

  This advice is intended to explain the generic aspects of the public bodies involvement with the applicant and the Planning Inspectorate during the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) process.

  • Updated: 1 April 2025
• Use of planning conditions

  Explains how conditions attached to a planning permission should be used and discharged effectively

  • Updated: 23 July 2019
• National Recovery Guidance: common issues

  Guidance primarily aimed at local responders covering some common issues that may arise during the Recovery Phase of an emergency in the UK.

  • Updated: 26 March 2013