Spring Statement 2019

What you need to know:   Making Tax Digital   Philip Hammond reinforced that the mandatory digital record keeping for businesses with annual revenues above the VAT threshold (£85,000) will come into force from 1st April 2019. He called this an “important...

Making Tax Digital for VAT

If your accountant hasn’t mentioned this yet, then you really ought to have a new accountant. Does this affect me? Are you VAT registered? Then if so, yes. This does affect you and you need to be considering whether you will be compliant in time. What is it? Making...

Changes to the VAT Flat Rate Scheme

From 1 April 2017 the VAT Flat Rate Scheme will be changing for some small businesses. Currently the flat rates percentages range from 4% to 14.5% depending on the type of business. The new percentage is 16.5% and applies to businesses with low expenditure relative to...

Is VAT recoverable on car derived combi-vans?

HMRC have issued a list of makes and models of car derived vans and combi vans which VAT registered businesses can use to determine if the VAT paid on the purchase can be reclaimed as input tax. The issue is that VAT will normally be claimable in full on the purchase...

When Should I Register For VAT?

 As a growing small business you should consider when you should register for VAT. If you’re in business, supplying goods or services within the UK and your turnover for the previous 12 months is more than the registration threshold (£79,000 at the time of...