No VAT on Tips

If you are VAT registered and receive gratuities from your customer (eg, you may own your own restaurant, or a hairdresser's salon) there is no need to pay VAT on…

VAT savings for Hotels, B&B’s and Holiday Lets

A&B are 2 small hotels with almost identical financials. In the last financial year both made sales of £130,000 (ex VAT), and both incurred vatable expenses of £8,000 (ex VAT)…

Holiday lets – accounting for VAT on channel charges

If you receive a VAT invoice for booking agent commissions from a UK based agent it will itemise the VAT you have been charged and, provided you are VAT registered,…

MTD – the turnover threshold

Since April 2019 all businesses with ‘taxable turnover’ that is above the VAT registration threshold of £85,000 have had to follow the Making Tax Digital (MTD) rules. It is important…

Building contractors – 5% or 20% VAT?

It’s not uncommon to see a VAT-registered contractor incorrectly charge a property owner 20% VAT when the reduced 5% VAT rate should be charged. If you are the contractor it…

VAT on construction works

In most cases, contractors will need to add 20% VAT to the supply of their construction services, and that will add 20% to the costs of any customer who can’t…

VAT – Business splitting

VAT registration is compulsory if your turnover exceeds £85,000p.a. Some businesses register for VAT voluntarily, and well before they breach the compulsory registration threshold, but only because it can be…