If you or your business move goods between Great Britain and countries in the EU, you’ll need to follow new customs and tax rules. We know this means change for many businesses, and HMRC is here to help you in several ways. You can:
- watch the HMRC videos on HMRC’s YouTube channel to familiarise yourself with the new customs processes and what you need to do before you trade goods with the EU
- attend their webinars to find out what you need to do now to adjust to new rules and keep your business moving
- the trader checklist is also still available on GOV.UK to make sure you’re familiar with the new rules that affect you – use HMRC updated guides to understand the new customs and VAT requirements when moving goods between Great Britain and EU countries.
- there’s also a series of webinars and videos from other government departments to support you
- you can also sign up to their weekly update ‘News and information about importing and exporting with the EU‘, that provide hints and tips for businesses like yours getting used to the new rules for importing and exporting.
Webinars to register for now:
Exporting: what you need to do to keep your goods moving: An overview of the actions you need to take now before you export goods from Great Britain to the EU and move goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Key processes include – zero-rated VAT, customs declarations, using an intermediary as well as licences, certificates, and authorisations.
Please register to take part if you’re planning to export.
Trader responsibilities when using an intermediary: This webinar explains your responsibilities as a trader, if you choose to use an intermediary to complete import or export declarations for your business. These are complex and an intermediary can save you a lot of time.
Please register to take part if you’re planning to import or export.
What are customs import declarations?: If you import goods, you need to make customs import declarations on controlled goods and all goods by the end of June 2021. The HMRC webinar helps you to understand more about them, including what’s needed for simplified declarations, supplementary declarations, and delayed import declarations
Please register to take part if you’re planning to import.
Importing: What you need to know about Staged Controls: This webinar takes you through the three stages of the new border controls introduced on 1 January 2021, and what actions you need to take for each stage.
Please register to take part if you’re planning to import.
Contact HMRC
If you’ve watched the HMRC videos, or attended their webinars and feel you’d like more help with importing, exporting or customs reliefs use one of the contact options on GOV.UK.