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France: providing services and travelling for business
Guidance for UK businesses on rules for selling services to France.
Living in the USA
Information about moving to, living or retiring in the USA – including visas, working, healthcare and driving.
Trade with Liechtenstein
How you import from and export to Liechtenstein
UK trade with the United States: Impact of tariffs on imports and exports of goods
A closer look at the goods the UK trades with the United States in the context of trade tariffs.
Simplified rates for bringing personal goods into the UK
Find out about the simplified rates of customs and excise duty used when you declare your personal goods online.
Customs Declaration Service: service availability and issues
Check the availability and any issues affecting the Customs Declaration Services.
Planned downtime
Saturday 29 January 2022 9:30pm to 5am Sunday 30 January 2022
Due to scheduled maintenance, you will be unable to use this service from 9:30pm on Saturday 29 January 2022 to 5am on Sunday 30 January 2022.
During this time you will not be able to:
- submit declarations
- obtain a goods movement reference for declarations from the goods vehicle movement service
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Service issues
Problems with monthly postponed import VAT statements
We are looking into the problems some importers are having when trying to access statements to account for import VAT on VAT Returns, particularly in June 2021, September 2021 and October 2021.
If you do not have access to statements but need to complete your VAT Return, you can estimate your import VAT figures for those months.
If you do need to estimate your import VAT and can show that you followed the guidance, then HMRC will not impose penalties on errors that might occur.
Other services
Check availability and issues for other services.