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Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
If you account for your import VAT on your VAT Return, you’ll have to access the Customs Declaration Service to get a postponed import VAT statement online.
What you need to do if you've submitted a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service and need to send supporting documents or respond to HMRC queries.
How to use the Trade Tariff tool or get help to classify your goods, so you pay the right amount of Customs Duty and import VAT.
Register for the Goods Vehicle Movement Service to get your goods through customs if you move goods through a border location in the UK that uses the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
How to subscribe or check if you have access to the Customs Declaration Service.
Use the Customs Declaration Service or Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight online service, or form C285, depending on where you made your declaration.
Find out how to import your personal belongings, pets and private motor vehicles when moving or returning to the UK.
Find out how the new Customs Declaration Service cash account works, when it can be used and what type of customs charges you can pay.
Find out how to get copies of your duty deferment statements.
If your business is registered for VAT in the UK, find out when you can, or need to, account for import VAT on your VAT Return (also called postponed VAT accounting).
Get authorised to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU, so that the applicable EU rate of duty will not be payable on those goods.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Before you sail to or from the UK, submit your voyage plan with details of your vessel, people and goods on board. Find out how to change or cancel your report.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
How to pay what you owe if you've used the Customs Declaration Service to tell HMRC you've imported goods into the UK.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).
Prove the origin of your goods if you’re trading with a country that has a trade agreement with the UK, or is covered by the Developing Countries Trading Scheme.
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
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