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Find out about the VAT domestic reverse charge procedure which applies to the buying and selling of certain goods and services.
Find out how the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme works and the conditions you must meet if you want to use it.
Application form and guidance on the purpose of purchase notices, how it works and listed buildings and conservation areas
Guidance explaining why compulsory purchase orders are made, and what people's rights are to challenge them.
Advice for British people buying property in Turkey, including information on legal advice, fraud, residence requirements and more.
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
Procurement options available from the Crown Commercial Service for the public sector.
How schools can buy high value things, including how to advertise a contract and run a procurement process.
When and how you need to register your item or apply for an exemption certificate to deal in ivory.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT if you buy or sell second-hand vehicles (VAT Notice 718/1).
Find out when goods can be zero-rated if they’re sold to overseas visitors for personal use by a VAT-registered business in Northern Ireland (VAT Notice 704).
Check if you can use the Personal Export Scheme and the conditions that apply if you're a buyer or a seller of vehicles.
If you provide services to a seller or buyer in the UK, find out about the auctioneers' VAT margin scheme and how to account for VAT (VAT notice 718/2).
Guidance about compensation to owners and occupiers of residential properties once a compulsory purchase order comes into force.
Information to support commercial fishers on under 12 metre English vessels.
If you buy second-hand vehicles, find out how to use a margin scheme to account for VAT (VAT Notice 718/1).
Find out what a charity is, how VAT affects charities, how to treat a charity's income for VAT and what VAT reliefs a charity can get on what it buys.
How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
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