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Use IPAFFS to notify enforcement authorities about imports to Great Britain.
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.
Find out how you can get your import VAT certificates (C79).
How to subscribe or check if you have access to the Customs Declaration Service.
Find out how to get copies of your duty deferment statements.
If you import goods from the EU to Great Britain, from 31 January 2025 you will need to submit a safety and security declaration.
Find out about safety and security requirements that apply to goods entering and exiting the UK.
Find out about Customs Duty, excise duty and import VAT you may need to pay when you send gifts into the UK.
Check the final amounts of import VAT and duty due online if you make declarations using the Customs Declaration Service.
Make an entry summary declaration if you move goods into Great Britain, into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, or into Northern Ireland from outside the EU.
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.
Use this guidance to find the risk category and inspection rate for imports of live animals and animal products from the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein to Great Britain.
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).
How to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) and Northern Ireland.
How to check the tariff rates that apply to goods you import.
Find out how you can hire a person or business to deal with customs for you.
Find out how to set up a Direct Debit with your bank or building society if you’ve set up your duty deferment account.
This guide provides detailed completion instructions for data elements when making an import declaration to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS).
If you move goods in or out of Northern Ireland the Trader Support Service will guide you through any changes due to the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
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