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Authorising an agent to deal with your tax affairs July 10, 2026
Check what a paid agent can do on your behalf. How you authorise the agent depends on the tax, and you may need to use paper form 64-8 or an online service.
Check if a letter you’ve received from HMRC is genuine July 10, 2026
Check a list of recent letters from HMRC to help you decide if a letter you’ve received is a scam.
Self Assessment Manual July 10, 2026
This manual contains guidance and processes for Self Assessment (SA)
Stamp Taxes on Shares Manual July 10, 2026
Guidance on Stamp Taxes on Shares and other Securities - Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT)
Guidance: Report and pay Capital Gains Tax on UK property: service availability and issues July 10, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Report and pay Capital Gains Tax on UK property service.
Guidance: Filing your Company Tax Return online July 10, 2026
Find recognised commercial software suppliers and software you can use to file your Company Tax Return and any supplementary pages online.
Guidance: Plastic Packaging Tax: service availability and issues July 10, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Register for Plastic Packaging Tax service.
VAT rates on different goods and services July 10, 2026
A list of goods and services showing which rates of VAT apply and which items are exempt or outside the scope of VAT.
Customs CDS Volume 3 Tariff, Step-by-Step Guide July 10, 2026
This manual provides a Step-by-Step Guide to navigating the UK Trade Tariff, Volume 3 for CDS. It provides guidance on: Where to find content within the CDS Volume 3 Tariff, The order in which the CDS Volume 3 Tariff should be used when making a CDS declaration, and AStep-by-Step Guide on completing the required information […]
Choose the right software for Pillar 2 Top-up Taxes July 10, 2026
Find out what commercial software is available to report Domestic Top-up Tax and Multinational Top-up Tax.
Accredited official statistics: Benefits in Kind statistics: July 2026 July 10, 2026
These statistics provide information about the company cars provided as benefits in kind to employees by employers.
Guidance: Currency codes for Data Element 4/10 of the Customs Declaration Service July 10, 2026
Find the currency codes to be used with Data Element (DE) 4/10 of the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 11).
Guidance: Country codes for the Customs Declaration Service July 10, 2026
Find codes to use in the Customs Declaration Service (Appendix 13).
Guidance: Child Benefit: service availability and issues July 10, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Child Benefit online service.
Customs Declaration Service: service availability and issues July 9, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Customs Declaration Service.
Challenging your business rates valuation July 9, 2026
If you disagree with your property’s rateable value set by the Valuation Office, you can challenge it using your business rates valuation account.
Guidance: Shared Workspace: service availability and issues July 9, 2026
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Shared Workspace online service.
Funded pension schemes (VAT Notice 700/17) July 9, 2026
Find out how to claim input tax on funded pension scheme expenditure for both employers and trustees.
Handling wholesale or retail vaping products in the UK July 9, 2026
Find out what you need to do if you sell, store, distribute or handle vaping products by wholesale or retail in the UK.
Guidance: Preparing for Vaping Products Duty and the Vaping Duty Stamps Scheme July 9, 2026
Find out why you need to prepare for 1 April 2026 if you manufacture, import or store vaping products in the UK.

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