VAT, excise & duty
Excise and VAT in international trade
How excise and VAT systems and processes can improve your efficiency
Understand your tax obligations when importing or exporting
Use our interactive tool to assess your obligations on duty and associated taxes
International trade and VAT
VAT aspects of international trade and the documentation required
Deferring VAT and excise in international trade
How to reduce the bank guarantee usually required in order to defer VAT and excise payments on your imports
Zero-rating VAT for international trade
If you zero rate your exports, you don't have to account for VAT at the UK rate on those sales
VAT retail exports
How non-European Union customers can reclaim VAT under the Retail Export Scheme
Excise responsibilities for international traders
Detailed guidance on holding, moving and accounting for duty and tax on excise goods
Excise goods, warehousing and movement
A detailed overview of the procedures that apply to the receipt, storage and dispatch of excise goods - alcohol, tobacco and energy products
Valuation, declarations and statements
How to calculate and declare the value of imported goods to HM Revenue & Customs
Simplified trade schemes
How the main trade schemes can benefit your business and their links to preferential trade agreements
Help HMRC stop illegal trading and fraud
How you can help HM Revenue & Customs and the United Kingdom Border Agency (UKBA) combat smuggling, illegal trading and evasion of tax and duty
