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Find a Trading Standards office to complain about illegal sales activity or to get business advice about trading legally
How to comply with hallmarking law if your business supplies items described as precious metal (gold, silver, platinum or palladium).
How online marketplaces will deal with VAT for goods from overseas that are sold to customers in the UK.
Find out about the VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Scheme and registering to report and pay VAT due on imports of low value goods to consumers in the EU, Northern Ireland, or both.
How to register for the VAT Import One Stop Shop (IOSS) Scheme to report and pay VAT due on imports of low value goods to consumers in the EU, Northern Ireland, or both.
How to obtain an authorisation to wholesale veterinary medicines.
Find out about customs special procedures and outward processing that allow you to suspend, pay less or pay no duty on goods you import or export.
Trading hours for retailers, restrictions on Sunday opening and public holiday opening in England, Wales and Scotland
How to get the VAT back on goods you buy in Northern Ireland from shops that offer tax-free shopping (VAT Notice 704/1).
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