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Taxes, VAT, duties and tariffs
Understand your tax obligations when importing or exporting including VAT and excise duties
Import and export procedures
Learn about the various procedures when importing and exporting
Customs declarations
How to use the UK Trade Tariff and other Customs IT systems
Starting to export
Thinking about exporting? Find out if your business is ready and what steps you need to take
Checklist: starting a social enterprise
A checklist of key questions you should consider to help you succeed when setting up a social enterprise
Apply for authorisation for the UK Internal Market Scheme if you bring goods into Northern Ireland
How to get authorised to declare goods you bring into Northern Ireland 'not at risk’ of moving to the EU, so that EU duty will not be payable on those goods.
Check if you can apply for the UK Carrier Scheme
Check if you can use UK Carrier (UKC) Scheme authorisation to move consumer parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
How to declare goods when importing by post
Why goods imported by post must be declared and what may happen if they aren't.
Apply for the UK Carrier Scheme
Apply for UK Carrier (UKC) Scheme authorisation to move consumer parcels from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Windsor Framework timeline
Key dates for the implementation of the Windsor Framework.
Importing and exporting by post
Find out how to move goods, in parcels or large letters, between Great Britain and Northern Ireland using the Royal Mail Group or an express carrier.
Importing and exporting fresh fruit and vegetables
Rules for importing, exporting and moving fresh fruit and vegetables to, from and around the UK.
Importing or moving live animals, germinal products, animal by-products and high risk food and feed not of animal origin
What documents and checks do you need to notify the authorities for live animals, animal products and high risk food or feed not of animal origin.
Importing and exporting organic food
Overview of the rules for importing and exporting organic food.
Create a goods movement reference
Get a goods movement reference to move goods through locations which use the Goods Vehicle Movement Service.
Trading and moving goods in and out of Northern Ireland
How to prepare if you trade and move goods in and out of Northern Ireland.
Forecast your personal financial needs when starting a business
How to make a realistic assessment of your personal financial needs for the first year of your new business
Alternative income sources for start-ups
How you can find other sources of income during the critical early days of running your start-up business
Prepare a financial plan for your start-up business
How to draw up a robust business financial plan to help to project and control budgets, cashflow, sales and overheads