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Importing basics
Thinking about importing? Find out if your business is ready and what steps you need to take
Classifying your goods
Learn how to classify your goods for import and export
Taking lorries abroad
Taking your lorry or bus abroad. The essentials of international road haulage. International authorisations and permits for road haulage. Vehicle documents required for international road haulage . Driver documents required for international road haulage.
Transporting dangerous goods
Moving dangerous goods. Driving dangerous goods and special loads abroad.
Freight forwarding
Using brokers and forwarders. Freight forwarding - moving goods.
Resource efficiency and managing waste in food businesses
Guidance on resource, waste and water efficiency in food and drink businesses, and dealing with fat, oil and grease correctly
Selling food and drink
Guidance on the sale of goods by weight or other measures such as volume or length, and selling your food or drink product in supermarkets
Food safety and hygiene
Guidance on food law, hygiene for food businesses, food safety inspections, novel foods and chemicals in food
Food packaging and labelling
Guidance on food and drink labelling and packaging requirements
Export Controls and licences
Find out what controls and licences you need to be aware of when exporting and importing
Manufactured goods
Regulations for trading in manufactured goods
Tendering for contracts
Understand how tendering works, how to prepare your business to tender for contracts and present prices through estimates and quotations to your potential customers
Self Assessment
Guidance for the self-employed in Northern Ireland on the Self Assessment tax return including how to register, key deadlines and how to file your tax return
National Insurance
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on National Insurance numbers, rates and classes and how to pay your National Insurance
Selling or closing your business
Guidance on how to go about selling or closing your business including company strike-off and dissolving a company
Service industries
Overview of regulations for trading in services
Construction Industry Scheme
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on the Construction Industry Scheme including information for contractors and subcontractors and CIS
Paying HMRC
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on how to pay HMRC using various payment methods for specific taxes
Importing controlled goods
Importing solid ammonium nitrate in consignments of 500 kilograms or more. Importing animal furs, skins and fish. Offensive weapons and stopping imports of illegal weapons. Importing and exporting waste. ...
Stamp and property taxes
Guidance for Northern Ireland businesses on stamp duty and property taxes