Legal, Finance, Tax & Customs

The UK's post-Brexit transition period ends on 31 December 2020. With the European market for public contracts worth an estimated €1.9tn per year, UK businesses that are involved in or seeking these opportunities should consider what changes to access to this market may mean for their financial planning, and learn where to find information to avoid missing opportunities. 

CBI's guidance represents the information currently available from government. The CBI will update this page as new information is released. 

• Guidance from the UK Government: getting EU funding; the Government says you can still apply for EU funding and will continue to get any funding you’ve been awarded.
   
• Horizon 2020: what it is and how to apply for funding; in this guidance, the UK Government explains how UK businesses and researchers can continue to access Horizon 2020 funding even after 31 January 2020.
   
• Funding from the EU: post-transition guidance; CBI explains how the funding your business receives from the EU could be impacted post-Brexit.

• Intellectual property and the transition period: information on trade marks, designs, patents, copyrights, and exhaustion of IP rights during the transition period, from the UK Government.
   
• Guidance from the French Government
   
• Brown Jacobson's overview of Intellectual Property and Brexit

CBI explains how the key rules and regulations that your business operates under will be impacted post-Brexit.

• Data flows: post-transition guidance from CBI
   
• New rules for 2021: guidance from the UK Government on the use of personal data in a business or organisation from 1 January 2021
   
• Guidance from IT Governance on Brexit, GDPR & Data Protection
   
• Insights from the GDPR website
   
• Brown Jacobson's overview of your use of data and Brexit

Presented to Parliament by the Prime Minister, by Command of Her Majesty, this paper sets out the UK’s approach to the negotiations with the EU. (Feb. 20)

Guidance from the UK Government covering legislative and practical changes to the UK’s Company Law framework as a result of Brexit in a No Deal scenario.

Guidance from the UK Government on consumer rights & business and changes from 1 January 2021.

• The French Chamber' services and advice on Tax and VAT
   
• Business tax: detailed information on VAT from the UK Government
   
• How to declare sales and pay VAT if you sell digital services to EU consumers from 1 January 2021 if you're a UK business: guidance from the UK Government
   
• Claim VAT refunds from EU countries from 1 January 202: guidance from the UK Government
   
• Check when you can account for import VAT on your VAT Return from 1 January 2021: guidance from the UK Government
   
• How to claim Double Taxation Relief from UK withholding tax on royalties or loan interest paid by a UK company: guidance from the UK Government

• Prepare to export goods from Great Britain to the EU from 1 January 2021: checklist from the UK Government: the process for exporting goods to the EU will change. Businesses in England, Wales and Scotland need to complete actions to continue exporting to EU countries from 1 January 2021.
   
• Existing UK trade agreements with non-EU countries: guidance from the UK Government; find out about the trade agreements the UK has already signed and our discussions with countries the EU has a trade agreement with.
   
• Exporting goods from GB to the EU: post-transition guidance from CBI: find out how exporting goods to the EU from Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) will be impacted post-transition and what your business can do to prepare. The guidance on this page represents the information currently available from government. The CBI will update this page as new information is released.
   
• French customs guide to prepare for Brexit
   
• Guidance from the French Government

• Placing manufactured goods on the EU market from 1 January 2021: guidance from the UK Government; what you need to do to comply with regulations on manufactured goods you place on the market from 1 January 2021.

Guidance from the UK Government on selling services to the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein from 1 January 2021

• Prepare to import goods from the EU to Great Britain from 1 January 2021: guidance from the UK Government; the process for importing goods from the EU will change. Businesses in England, Wales and Scotland need to complete actions to continue importing from EU countries from 1 January 2021. The UK Government provide further guidance on 'Starting to Import'.
   
• Importing goods from the EU to GB: post-transition guidance from CBI; find out how importing goods from the EU to Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) will be impacted post-transition and what your business can do to prepare.
   
• UK Government procedure do transport goods out of the UK by road: how to transport goods commercially if you’re driving from the UK to any international destination.
   
• French customs guide to prepare for Brexit
   
• Guidance from the French Government

Guidance from the UK Government on procedures that cross border mergers in the UK need to complete in relation to the Registrar of Companies at Companies House.

The French Customs put together essential guidance on their website.

UK Government's policy: anything posted or couriered to you goes through customs to check it isn’t banned or restricted and you pay the right tax and ‘duty’ (customs charges) on it.

Read the paper in French.

• Moving goods into, out of, or through Northern Ireland from 1 January 2021: guidance from the UK Government; what UK businesses can do now to get ready for 2021.
   
• Post-transition guidance from CBI: a border on the island of Ireland will be avoided, with the UK performing EU border checks and controls on its behalf on goods coming in and out of NI. The importance of the Great Britain (England, Scotland, Wales) market is underlined by the fact that it accounts for two thirds of what Northern Ireland (NI) buys and sells. The guidance on this page represents the information currently available from government. The CBI will update this page as new information is released.