CETA · UK-India Trade · In force 15 July 2026
UK-India CETA: invoicing & payslip hub
The UK-India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement came into force on 15 July 2026. This hub collects the generator and guides that help you handle its two immediate document implications: export invoicing for goods and services, and the National Insurance exemption for seconded employees.
Generators
Use the Export / Commercial Invoice generator to produce a CETA-ready commercial invoice with structured fields for EORI, HS codes, country of origin, and Incoterms. For domestic UK VAT invoices (no export fields), use the standard VAT Invoice generator.
Export / Commercial Invoice Generator
EORI number, country of origin, Incoterms 2020, per-line HS / commodity codes, and full VAT breakdown — all export fields on by default. Ready for CETA and all UK cross-border goods exports. Generated in your browser — nothing leaves your device.
Open generator →Guides
Fact-checked guides covering the two CETA provisions that land on business documents. More guides — goods classification, sector-specific implications — will be added as the agreement beds in.
Invoicing
How to make a CETA-compliant VAT invoice for exports to India
Two documents, not one. Raise a standard UK VAT invoice (zero-rated for export) as the commercial invoice, then claim CETA's preferential tariff on a separate origin declaration.
Read guide →Payslips
Does the India-UK trade deal remove National Insurance from my payslip?
Under CETA's Double Contributions Convention, an eligible Indian employee seconded to the UK pays no UK National Insurance for up to five years. PAYE and income tax are untouched.
Read guide →About this vertical
The UK-India CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) came into force on 15 July 2026. This hub is updated as new provisions take effect and new guidance becomes available. The deep compliance detail — citations, thresholds, HMRC links — lives in the linked guides, not here.
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