Tips & Advice VAT
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Administration
- HMRC guidance
Agent's fees
- Commission
- Selling through an agent
Annual accounting
- General
Anti-avoidance
- Anti-avoidance
- HMRC initiatives
- Yachts
Appeals
- Procedure
- Protective claims
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Brexit
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Business use
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- News
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Cars
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Cash accounting
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Charities
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- Gift aid
Construction
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- Reverse charge
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Directors
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- Entertainment
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- Fuel
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- Home
- Miscellaneous
- Mobile phones
- Personal
- Recovery
- Relocation
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- Training
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Extra statutory concessions
- Effect of
- Trade agreements
Flat rate scheme
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- Benefits
- Eligibility
- Farmers
- Limited cost trader
- Miscellaneous
- Savings
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- Staff fraud
- VAT on fraud
Gifts
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- Good causes
HMRC
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- Guidance
- Making tax digital
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Input VAT
- Aborted projects
- Accountancy fees
- Acquisition fees
- Business acquisition costs
- Business use
- Clothing
- Domestic accommodation
- Educational establishments
- Employee benefits
- Insurance claims
- Printing costs
- Racehorses
- Selling a business
- Sponsorship
- Staff entertaining
- Supply & install
- Third party costs
- Training costs
- Transport
Insolvency
- VAT recovery
Inspections
- COP9 investigation
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- HMRC Targets
- Miscellaneous
- Procedure
- Taxpayer's rights
Insurance
- Block policy
- Commission
- Guarantees and warranties
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- Premium
Invoices
- Barter transactions
- Electronic invoicing
- Miscellaneous
- Requirements
Irrecoverable VAT
- Miscellaneous
- Offsetting
Legislation/Case law
- Appeals
- Brief 13/12
- Building conversion
- Default surcharges
- Disallowance claim
- FRS
- Import VAT
- Income status
- Input VAT recovery
- Investment fees
- Legitimate expectation
- Miscellaneous
- New legislation
- Penalties
- Planning permission
- Refunds
- Registration date
- Repayment
- Security requirement
- Self billing
- Self-billing
- TOGC
- VAT avoidance schemes
- VAT recovery
- Voluntary disclosures
- Zero rating
Making Tax Digital
- Making Tax Digital
Money laundering
- Agent obligations
News
- Debt relief
- Enquiries and penalties
- Groups
- Input VAT
- Land and property
- Making Tax Digital
- News
- Output VAT
- Overseas issues
- Registration
- VAT rates
- VAT schemes
Output VAT
- Antiques fairs
- Apportionment
- Caravans
- Compensation payments
- Conferences and events
- Disbursements
- Discounts
- Education
- Educational establishments
- Export schemes
- Finance agreements
- Food
- Golf clubs/membership fees
- Grant funding
- Hairdressing
- Hotel deposits
- Hotels
- Housebuilders
- Inter-company charges
- Lost/stolen items
- Loyalty schemes
- Miscellaneous
- MOTs
- Online services
- Parking fines
- Part-exchange
- Partnerships
- Pawned goods
- Postage charges
- Pricing
- Prompt payment discount
- Purchase invoices
- Retail schemes
- Second-hand goods
- Self-billing
- Sporting memberships
- Storage businesses
- Sundries
- Take-away food
- Taxis
- Tax points
- Vouchers
Overpaid VAT
- Interest payable
Overseas VAT
- Chain transactions
- Cross border transactions
- Customs warehouse
- Digital downloads
- Distance selling
- EC sales lists
- Expenses
- Exports
- Imports
- Indirect exports
- Internet sales
- Intrastat
- LVCR
- Miscellaneous
- MOSS
- Place of supply
- Reverse charging
- Tax agent
- Transport
Partial exemption
- Annual adjustment
- Miscellaneous
- Partial exemption
- Special method
Payments
- Miscellaneous
- Monthly payments
- Payments on account
- Prompt payment discount
- Repayment inhibits
- Repayments
- Time to pay
Penalties/Enforcement
- Alternative dispute resolution
- Appeals
- Late registration
- Late returns
- Miscellaneous
- News
- Notification procedure
- Surcharges
- Targets
- VAT avoidance schemes
- VATman's powers
Pensions
- Reclaiming VAT
Place of supply
- Customer location
- Immovable property
Property
- Building costs
- Buy to rent
- Change of use
- Conversion costs
- Listed buildings
- Miscellaneous
- Option to tax
- Property-related payments
- Rent
- Rent arrears
- Sale costs
- Zero-rating
Reclaiming VAT
- Miscellaneous
- Mixed use assets
- Overcharged VAT
- Recoverable VAT
- Unjust enrichment
Registration
- Business splitting
- De-registration
- Divisional registration
- Early registration
- Group
- Holding companies
- Miscellaneous
- Multiple registrations
- Overseas businesses
- Pre-registration expenses
- Procedure
- Supplies outside the UK
Reverse charging
- Mobile phones
Samples
- Business samples
- Miscellaneous
Scale charge
- Miscellaneous
- Partial exemption
Tax points
- Annual tax points
- Supply of services
Technical note
- Removal of ESCs
Transfers
- News
- Purchasing a business
- TOGC
VAT Briefs
- Brief 01/14
- Brief 02/13
- Brief 03/14
- Brief 04/14
- Brief 04/16
- Brief 05/14
- Brief 06/14
- Brief 07/16
- Brief 08/14
- Brief 08/15
- Brief 09/13
- Brief 09/15
- Brief 10/10
- Brief 10/13
- Brief 10/15
- Brief 10/16
- Brief 12/15
- Brief 13/12
- Brief 13/15
- Brief 13/16
- Brief 16/13
- Brief 17/13
- Brief 17/15
- Brief 17/16
- Brief 18/10
- Brief 18/13
- Brief 19/14
- Brief 19/15
- Brief 20/14
- Brief 21/14
- Brief 21/15
- Brief 2/15
- Brief 23/12
- Brief 23/14
- Brief 25/12
- Brief 26/14
- Brief 27/14
- Brief 28/14
- Brief 29/14
- Brief 30/12
- Brief 31/12
- Brief 33/12
- Brief 33/13
- Brief 34/12
- Brief 36/13
- Brief 36/14
- Brief 37/12
- Brief 38/13
- Brief 38/14
- Brief 39/14
- Brief 40/13
- Brief 43/14
- Brief 44/14
- Brief 46/14
- Brief 47/14
- Brief 49/14
- Brief 8/15
- Capital goods scheme
- Caravan sites
- Declaration deadline
- Form VAT426
- Fuel scale charge
- Inspections
- Intrastat
- Miscellaneous
- Paying VAT
- Photo books
- Pre-registration claims
- Refunds
- Reverse charging
- Sailaway boat scheme
- Services connected to land
- Transport
- Utility supply
- VAT anomalies
- Vouchers
VAT groups
- Holding companies
- Joining/leaving
- Proposals
VAT information sheet
- Sheet 01/15
- Sheet 02/17
- Sheet 04/15
- Sheet 10/13
- Sheet 18/12
- Sheet 6/13
VAT management
- Barter transactions
- General house-keeping
- Reverse charging
VAT notices
- Notice 1001
- Notice 143
- Notice 144
- Notice 161
- Notice 179
- Notice 237
- Notice 300
- Notice 48
- Notice 60
- Notice 700
- Notice 700/1
- Notice 700/11
- Notice 700/12
- Notice 700/17
- Notice 700/21
- Notice 700/24
- Notice 700/34
- Notice 700/44
- Notice 700/45
- Notice 700/56
- Notice 700/58
- Notice 700/60
- Notice 700/63
- Notice 700/64
- Notice 700/8
- Notice 701/05
- Notice 701/10
- Notice 701/14
- Notice 701/20
- Notice 701/29
- Notice 701/30
- Notice 701/36
- Notice 701/5
- Notice 701/57
- Notice 702
- Notice 702/7
- Notice 703
- Notice 707
- Notice 708
- Notice 709/1
- Notice 709/3
- Notice 714
- Notice 725
- Notice 727
- Notice 731
- Notice 732
- Notice 735
- Notice 741A
- Notice 742
- Notice 998
VAT numbers
- Checking
VAT Rate
- 0% Rate
- 17.5% Rate
- 20% Rate
- 5% Rate
- Anti-avoidance
- Environmental issues
- Exempt supplies
- Flat rate scheme
- Partial exemption
- Rate changes
- Zero rating
VAT records
- Minimum requirements
VAT Returns
- Accounting periods
- Assessments
- Authorising agents
- Correcting errors
- Electronic filing
- Errors
- Intrastat
- Late filing
- Miscellaneous
- Penalties
VAT schemes
- Annual accounting
- Retail schemes
- Second hand goods
- TOMS
- Trade promotion
Zero rating
- Disability
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In the most recent issue you'll find advice on...
Year 10 - issue 2 - 06.12.2019
VAT GROUPSIndividuals can now join VAT groupsThe law was changed on 1 November 2019 so that non-corporate businesses can now belong to VAT groups. What advantages can be gained from doing so, and what potential drawback do you need to be aware of? |
INPUT TAXDo you need to make an adjustment for unpaid creditors?Your business has some unpaid purchase invoices in the 90-day+ column of its aged creditors report. Input tax has been claimed on these invoices. Why does this lead to a problem and how could you avoid it in the future? |
RENTRent-free period on commercial property dealOne of our subscribers owns a warehouse that he rents out. The income is exempt from VAT. He has offered a new tenant a three-month rent-free period at the beginning of a new rental agreement. Does this create any VAT problems? |
IMPORTSThe big Brexit import challengeMajor changes to VAT accounting will take place on imported goods if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on 31 January, including the reintroduction of postponed accounting. How can you ensure a minimal impact on your business? |
HIRE CARSWhat’s the VAT position on hire cars with private use?Your business might occasionally need to hire cars, perhaps if a company car is being repaired or you have a new employee. Is there a VAT problem if you or your employee also use the car for private trips? |
OVERPAYMENTSWhat if a customer overpays their invoice?Your business raised an invoice for £100,000 plus VAT which the customer paid twice by mistake. You submit calendar quarter VAT returns. How should you deal with the VAT on the double payment if you don’t return the money to your customer? |
VAT CASESAlternative evidence not sufficient to displace assessment |
VAT CASESBusiness splitting was effective |
OVERSEAS SERVICESVAT on overseas work? |
ERROR CORRECTIONWhat’s the best way to notify VAT errors? |
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