Your bookkeeper has picked up on several purchases for which VAT hasn’t been reclaimed. Some transactions are several years old and reclaiming the VAT might involve more than you think. What’s
required?
Published 27.09.2018
If a customer doesn’t pay your bill you can get back any VAT on this that you’ve paid over to HMRC. But where do you stand if you’re withholding payment to a supplier because you’re in dispute with
them?
Published 16.07.2013
You’re preparing your VAT return which includes VAT paid on an especially expensive purchase. Naturally, you want to reclaim it as soon as possible but the supplier has failed to send an invoice.
Must you defer your claim until you receive it?
Published 02.02.2023
A VAT expert recently reported that most businesses under-claim VAT each quarter, often by between 20% and 30% of the amount they are entitled to recover. If your company is one of these, how can you
fix the problem?
Published 18.03.2011
As a partially exempt business the amount of VAT you can recover on purchases is restricted unless overridden by the de minimis rules. These can be applied in different ways, but which produces the
best outcome?
Published 13.05.2020
Generally, when a business registers it can reclaim VAT paid for goods on hand. There’s also scope for reclaiming VAT on services received before registration but tough conditions apply. What exactly
are you allowed to claim for?
Published 06.09.2012
A business associate has suggested you use a “special method” for your VAT partial exemption calculation as it saves their business money. When can you use a special method and can it actually lower
your VAT bill?
Published 03.06.2019
From April 2009 the Taxman is applying some new rules for those businesses reclaiming VAT under the partial exemption rules. But will these benefit you, or are the changes just another example of
government red tape?
Published 24.06.2009
If your business makes VAT exempt and chargeable sales, you’ll soon need to make an annual adjustment to the amount you’ve reclaimed on purchases. How can you use this exercise to improve your cash
flow or even reclaim more VAT?
Published 02.05.2012
Giving your employees benefits-in-kind (BiK) can be a tax-efficient way of rewarding them, but it still costs money. You can reduce this by reclaiming the VAT you paid in providing the BiK, but what
are the consequences?
Published 16.09.2010