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Guidance: Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: service availability and issues October 27, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Making Tax Digital for Income Tax service.
VAT Registration October 27, 2026
Guidance about how to determine whether someone must, or may voluntarily, register for VAT; the entity to be registered; and changes to the details held on the VAT Register.
Hotels and holiday accommodation (VAT Notice 709/3) October 27, 2026
Find out when you need to pay VAT if you provide holiday accommodation, caravans and camping facilities.
Guidance: Social security agreement between the UK and India October 27, 2026
Find out information on the new social security agreement between the UK and India.
Check genuine HMRC contact that uses more than one communication method October 27, 2026
Check recent contacts from HMRC to help you decide if a suspicious email, phone call, text or letter could be a scam.
Guidance: Appendix 21: Import Declaration Category Data Sets October 27, 2026
Find out about the the specific data elements needed for each declaration category when making an import declaration on the Customs Declaration Service.
Accredited official statistics: Monthly property transactions completed in the UK with the value of £40,000 or above October 27, 2026
This series looks at monthly property transactions completed in the UK with value of £40,000 or above.
Guidance: Find software suppliers for filing charities repayments online October 27, 2026
Find recognised suppliers and software to file charity repayment claims online.
Pay Climate Change Levy October 27, 2026
How to pay the Climate Change Levy, and how long it takes for your payment to reach HMRC.
Guidance: List of approved professional organisations and learned societies (List 3) October 27, 2026
Check this list of professional bodies to see if you can claim tax relief on your fees or subscriptions.
Statutory guidance: Fees and commissions — statutory notice (FAC-01) October 27, 2026
Use this template to send your FAC-01 return to HMRC if you receive a statutory notice for fees and commissions.
International Manual October 27, 2026
International tax issues including the principles of double taxation relief and an introduction to double taxation agreements
Economic Crime Supervision Handbook October 27, 2026
The aim of the ECS handbook is to give you clear and comprehensive guidance on how to undertake your role within ECS. It will help you understand the legislation, how our policies work and how they should be applied. It will also explain how to apply the sanctions framework and the powers available for you […]
Official Statistics: Tax-Free Childcare Statistics, September 2026 October 26, 2026
Tax-Free Childcare Statistics provide information on the numbers of families and children with open and used Tax-Free Childcare accounts and the amounts spent on government top-up. The publication also includes the numbers of open and used Tax-Free Childcare accounts for disabled children by age of child and account use by region.
HMRC email updates, videos and webinars if you’re self-employed October 26, 2026
Learn more about your responsibilities if you’re running a small business including registration, tax returns, record keeping, tax bills and payments.
Research: The UK Customs Intellectual Property Enforcement Report 2021-2023 October 26, 2026
This report by UK IPO, HMRC and Border Force reviews IP rights enforcement at the UK border from January 2021 to December 2023.
Guidance: Transit newsletters — HMRC updates October 26, 2026
Check for the latest updates about moving goods using transit and the New Computerised Transit System (NCTS).
Correspondence: Government response to SSAC Occasional Paper 27: The influence of the social security system on educational and vocational decision-making at age 16 October 26, 2026
Government's response to the Social Security Advisory Committee report on how the social security system influences educational and vocational decision-making at age 16.
Add locations to a consignor or consignee authorisation October 26, 2026
Tell HMRC about new locations you want to use to start or end your transit movements.
Guidance: Data Element 2/3: Documents and Other Reference Codes (Union) of the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) October 26, 2026
Find the relevant document codes, document status codes and details to be declared such as licences and certificates (Appendix 5A).

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