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VAT

Leasing cars - what are the VAT pros and cons?

You’re considering leasing instead of purchasing cars for your business. This will improve cash flow and, according to the salesperson, allow you to reclaim VAT that you would not otherwise be entitled to. Are they correct?

VAT

Avoiding the VAT registration cliff edge

Although the Chancellor announced an increase to the VAT registration limit in the Spring Budget 2024, it was relatively modest. As a service business if your turnover exceeds the new limit can you legitimately avoid having to register?

INVOICES

Do you always need to issue a VAT invoice?

Your business is making more low value sales to a wider range of customers following a change in your business model and trading activities. What sales can you make without issuing a tax invoice and what must you do instead?

VAT

Practical tips for partial exemption

As your business is partially exempt for VAT purposes it’s required to make fiddly adjustments to its bookkeeping records when preparing VAT returns. How can you simplify these to save time and effort?

MAKING TAX DIGITAL

New guidance on penalties for volunteers

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment is still two years away, but some of your clients may have signed up early on a voluntary basis. HMRC has now published guidance regarding how these testers will be subject to penalties. What are the key points?

VAT

How, when and why should you opt to tax a property?

Opting to tax a property began in the 1980s following an EU ruling to override UK VAT rules. The main effect is that you must usually charge VAT when you make supplies of the property, e.g. charge rent, but why should you bother opting?