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Use these EU country codes, VAT numbers and foreign language letters to complete an EC Sales List (ESL).
If you're an education provider, check if and when you need to register for VAT to prepare for VAT being chargeable on school and boarding fees.
Find out which type of account you need to apply for so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Find out if you or the people who work for you should be employed or self-employed for tax purposes while working in the hair and beauty industry.
Use this tool to estimate what registering for VAT might mean for your business.
If you’re importing commercial samples from countries outside the UK, you may be able to claim relief from Customs Duty and VAT.
Find out if you can get a refund on goods and services under a VAT Refund Scheme if you’re a charity.
Check how you should submit your returns when you're exempt from using compatible software for Making Tax Digital for VAT.
If you've reached the maximum points allowed, find out how to remove them and avoid a further £200 penalty. Check when individual penalty points expire.
Find out how to apply VAT to betting, gaming, bingo, lotteries and machine games.
This notice explains when protective equipment is zero-rated and children's car seats and travel systems are reduced-rated at 5% VAT.
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).
Find out what the VAT EU refunds, Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA), EC Sales List services are, when to use those services and how to do it.
Use this service to apply for a Partial Exemption Special Method to recover input tax on goods or services you supply.
Check what you need to do if you're sending, receiving and storing VAT invoices in an electronic format.
Use the Notification of Vehicle Arrivals (NOVA) online service to tell HMRC that you're importing multiple vehicles.
How to register a group of companies, company divisions, joint business ventures and business units for VAT and what to do if they change after registration.
Find out which motor vehicles you can and cannot claim a payment for using the scheme.
Find out how to use the second-hand motor vehicle payment scheme to make a claim on your VAT Return.
Use this service to disclose an underpayment of duty, VAT or other import charges on an import declaration made using Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF).
Don’t include personal or financial information like your National Insurance number or credit card details.
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