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Guides

Six short answers to the questions everyone asks

Two to three minutes each. No jargon, no sales pitch — just the mechanics, explained plainly. Each is built to the same verification standard as everything else on this site.

Guide 01 — How the rolling £50k threshold actually works
GUIDE 01

How the rolling £50k threshold actually works

Why there's no fixed registration date — and how to know exactly when your 30-day clock starts.

Guide 02 — What supplier data you need, and when
GUIDE 02

What supplier data you need, and when

The exact fields HMRC wants, and why 8–12 weeks isn't a scare tactic — it's the real lead time.

Guide 03 — EU CBAM vs UK CBAM: what actually transfers
GUIDE 03

EU CBAM vs UK CBAM: what actually transfers

Same emissions, different regime. What your EU CBAM report saves you — and what it doesn't.

Guide 04 — Default values vs actuals: the irreversibility trap
GUIDE 04

Default values vs actuals: the irreversibility trap

Why you can't fix a default-basis return after filing — and what that means for timing.

Guide 05 — Carbon Price Relief: why Turkey, China, Korea usually get you nothing
GUIDE 05

Carbon Price Relief: why Turkey, China, Korea usually get you nothing

A scheme existing isn't the same as a price being paid. The free-allocation trap, explained.

Guide 06 — Reading a verifier's report: what GACI-accredited means
GUIDE 06

Reading a verifier's report: what "GACI-accredited" means

HMRC has published the full accreditation standards. Here's how to check a verifier against them.

Deep Briefings

Go deeper, sector by sector

Fifteen to twenty minutes each, sourced entirely from the Finance Act and made secondary legislation — not summaries of summaries.

Steel

Steel 01 — Registration & the Rolling Trigger
PREVIEW · 0:47 of ~14 min
DEEP BRIEFING 01

Registration & the Rolling Trigger

How the £50k rolling threshold actually works, what's in scope for steel, and the one thing everyone gets wrong about the 2028 easement.

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Steel 02 — Default vs Verified Data
PREVIEW · 0:34 of ~13 min
DEEP BRIEFING 02

Default vs Verified Data

The no-amendment trap that locks you into the expensive number — and the exact timing that decides which side of it you land on.

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Steel 03 — Carbon Price Relief & Origin
PREVIEW · 0:37 of ~16 min
DEEP BRIEFING 03

Carbon Price Relief & Origin

Why Turkish, Chinese and South Korean steel usually get you near-zero relief — and where it genuinely works instead.

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Steel 04 — Verification & the Evidence Trail
PREVIEW · 0:32 of ~15 min
DEEP BRIEFING 04

Verification & the Evidence Trail

The five-point test for a qualifying verifier, and why HMRC can go straight to your suppliers regardless of your own paperwork.

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Steel Bonus — How the Rate Is Actually Calculated
PREVIEW · 0:37 of ~13 min
BONUS

How the Rate Is Actually Calculated

How the CBAM rate is genuinely calculated — the mechanism now fixed in law, and what still isn't public. The Complete Pack includes this bonus plus all 4 core briefings above.

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THE STEEL SERIES, END TO END
"Am I even in scope, and when does my clock start?"
→ Answered in 01 — Registration
"What if I file on time but with the wrong data?"
→ Answered in 02 — Default vs Verified
"Will Carbon Price Relief actually help me?"
→ Answered in 03 — CPR & Origin
"What does HMRC expect from my verifier, and my suppliers?"
→ Answered in 04 — Verification & Evidence
"How is the actual rate calculated, and is it rising?"
→ Answered in Bonus — Complete Pack only