VAT

Businesses often ask us about whether they can claim VAT back on the expenses their employees accrue in their work for their organisation. Here we share two helpful guides.

HMRC is now permitting certain businesses to set up their VAT payment plan online

A roundup of the latest VAT news and developments impacting businesses

A summary of the VAT implications for holding companies and their management charges.

The Government has announced changes to the rules for the notification of an option to tax land and buildings. This relates to the VAT treatment of commercial property.

The new VAT penalty and interest regime came into force on 1st January 2023.

Our roundup of the latest VAT news includes changes to the business activity test, the new penalty and interest regime and frozen VAT thresholds.

VAT on investment property transfers is a complex area to navigate. In this article, Shipleys VAT team have put together a helpful summary.

HMRC’s VAT teams across the UK are still operating with significant work backlogs.

With the mergers and acquisition (M&A) market gradually picking up after the pandemic, we’re often asked about the VAT position on M&A costs.

Our roundup of the latest VAT news includes early termination fees and compensation payments, end-customer claim refunds of wrongly charged VAT, plus revised guidance on VAT grouping registration

All VAT-registered businesses (regardless of turnover) will need to comply with Making Tax Digital from 1 April 2022

Business owners often think that, once a business has de-registered from VAT, it would no longer be able to reclaim any VAT – but this is not the case.

Our roundup of the latest VAT developments includes adjusting to new EU VAT arrangements and VAT changes here in the UK.

New EU e-commerce VAT rules came into force on 1 July 2021. These affect retailers, marketplaces and postal/courier services selling to EU consumers from any non-EU country - which now includes the UK.

There has been some confusion around new UK e-commerce VAT rules which came into force on 1 January 2021. Here is a simple overview to help.

HMRC's system for the VAT Deferral Payment Scheme closed to new entrants on 21 June 2021. Here's what you need to know.

A number of practical VAT and duty issues have emerged which were not wholly obvious in the lead-up to Brexit. Here's a helpful summary.

HMRC's system for the VAT Deferral Payment Scheme has now launched. Here's an overview.

Brexit is still very much on the Government's agenda. Despite the ongoing uncertainty there are steps businesses can take to prepare.

The Government has extended the temporary zero VAT rate for the supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

Intended to start on 1 December, HMRC has brought forward the zero-rating to support literacy and reading during the Coronavirus

What to do if HMRC gets in touch

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