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VAT – unpaid tax collectors

VAT – unpaid tax collectors

If you are required to register your business for VAT purposes you are joining that reluctant band of business owners that are obliged to collect tax for HMRC. The amount of VAT you have added to your sales, less VAT you have paid out on qualifying purchases, will be...
When you must register for VAT

When you must register for VAT

The taxable turnover threshold, that determines whether businesses should be registered for VAT, is currently £85,000. The taxable turnover threshold that determines whether businesses can apply for deregistration is £83,000. It was confirmed as part of...
What is the VAT One Stop Shop?

What is the VAT One Stop Shop?

The VAT One Stop Shop is an EU wide scheme that allows a VAT registered business to register in only one single EU Member State. The scheme was extended with effect from 1 July 2021. The extended scheme covers three special schemes: the non-Union scheme, the Union...
New VAT penalty regime from 2023

New VAT penalty regime from 2023

A new VAT penalty regime will affect all VAT registered businesses from 1 January 2023. The changes will apply to the late submission and / or late payments of VAT returns for VAT return periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023.  Under the new regime, there...
Claiming back pre-trading VAT costs

Claiming back pre-trading VAT costs

There are special rules that determine the recoverability of pre-trading VAT costs. Pre-trading VAT costs describe VAT that was incurred before a business registered for VAT and is known as pre-registration input VAT. There are different rules for the supply...
VAT – partly exempt businesses

VAT – partly exempt businesses

A business that incurs expenditure on taxable and exempt business activities is partially exempt for VAT purposes. This means that the business is required to make an apportionment between the activities using a 'partial exemption method' in order to calculate...