If you opt to tax a commercial property, in most cases you have to wait for at least 20 years before you can revoke it. But how do you do so and are there any potential pitfalls?
Published 02.02.2016
If you own commercial property and want to claim the VAT back, you’ll need to “opt to tax” it. But what does this really mean? How should you go about it and what does it cover?
Published 04.04.2012
A subscriber is an advertising business and recently purchased the freehold of new offices. It has reclaimed input tax on the purchase and opted to tax the building but now wonder if this was
necessary. Is there a potential solution?
Published 03.01.2023
Opting to tax a property can have far reaching results so you need to be sure that you choose the right method in order to get the best results. So what are the pitfalls and the alternatives?
Published 06.02.2013
You want to buy a commercial property and have been advised by the seller that they opted to tax the building with HMRC, so must charge you VAT on the proceeds. But under what circumstances could you
buy the property without being charged VAT?
Published 04.10.2022
When businesses opt to tax a property there’s often confusion as to what exactly is covered by the option and how far it extends. As it’s important to get this right, what’s the position in reality?
Published 30.03.2015
If your business buys or rents out a non-residential property, you may want to make an option to tax election to save VAT. There is often confusion between forms VAT1614A and VAT1614H - which one
must be used and when?
Published 02.09.2022
If you or your business own a commercial building, there may come a point where you want to extend or possibly demolish it. What happens in these situations if you have opted to tax it?
Published 05.02.2018
Your business owns an opted commercial building that you have rented out to a tenant. The tenant is shortly to vacate, and you will sell it to a developer who intends to convert it into apartments.
What are the VAT issues and potential pitfalls?
Published 09.04.2020
It’s not uncommon for a business to acquire a property and start charging VAT on the rents but to forget to tell HMRC that it’s opted to tax the property. What do you need to do to make a belated
notification?
Published 03.11.2015