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Guidance: How to apply for a repayment of import duty and VAT if you've overpaid (C285)

Published 31 October 2019

Last updated 4 July 2022
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  1. 4 July 2022

    This guide has been updated to confirm that VAT-registered importers cannot use form C285 to reclaim overpayments of import VAT and the section on overpaid Customs Duty on imports from Cambodia and Myanmar has been removed.

  2. 20 December 2021

    Added information on ‘Overpaid Customs Duty on imports from Cambodia and Myanmar’.

  3. 31 October 2019

    First published.

Published 31 October 2019

Last updated 4 July 2022
+ show all updates

  1. 4 July 2022

    This guide has been updated to confirm that VAT-registered importers cannot use form C285 to reclaim overpayments of import VAT and the section on overpaid Customs Duty on imports from Cambodia and Myanmar has been removed.

  2. 20 December 2021

    Added information on ‘Overpaid Customs Duty on imports from Cambodia and Myanmar’.

  3. 31 October 2019

    First published.