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What structural alterations are, when and how to apply for permission, how they may affect your home's value and what you owe on your equity loan.
VAT rates for building work, including plumbers, plasterers and carpenters - new houses and flats, work for disabled people, energy saving, grant-funded heating, conversions and renovations, properties that are not homes
VAT for most work on houses and flats by builders and similar trades like…
You may not have to charge VAT on labour or building materials for work…
You may not have to charge VAT on alterations you make to a disabled…
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Find a customs agent or express operator to help you with import and export declarations.
You can only alter your Help to Buy home for medical reasons after a change in circumstances.
Check what customs charges apply when using an express operator (previously called a fast parcel operator) to make import and export customs declarations.
Report you’ve changed a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) or trailer chassis, weight, tyres or brakes (a ‘notifiable alteration’) or change the weight you can carry.
Use this list to check if you can claim a fixed amount of tax relief (also known as 'flat rate expenses') for your work expenses if you're an employee.
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
Check if your item is a ‘worked specimen’ and does not need an Article 10 certificate for commercial use of endangered species.
Automated rapid DNA systems can include portable devices that can produce STR DNA profile results in under 2 hours for a small number of samples per run.
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