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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 subscribe or check if you have access to the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how you can get your import VAT certificates (C79). This will show how much VAT you've paid on imports and recover the VAT as input tax on your VAT Return.
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.
Duty deferment statements show the transactions and total amount you have deferred so far in the month, so you can see how much you owe and compare against your deferment account limit.
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).
Import risk categories under the Border Target Operating Model (BTOM) for animals or animal products you’re importing from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein, the Faroe Islands and Greenland to Great Britain…
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out about Import VAT and Customs Duty when you send gifts into the UK.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
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).
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
Look up Customs Declaration Service error codes.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making an import declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
Find out how to prove the originating status of your goods and check if you can claim preferential tariff treatment.
Find out what to do if you receive an error code whilst submitting a declaration using the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how to set up a Direct Debit with your bank or building society if you’ve set up your duty deferment account.
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