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What records must a VAT trader keep?
- June 4, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
No CommentsThere are distinct rules that VAT registered businesses must follow when keeping VAT records. This includes keeping proper business and accounting records, a separate VAT account as well as copies of
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Less is more – MTD regulations relaxed
- May 20, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
Starting from April 2019, most VAT-registered businesses that have a taxable turnover over £85,000 are required to keep their VAT records digitally and use Making Tax Digital (MTD) compatible
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VAT Margin Scheme on sales of vehicles
- May 20, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
A Margin Scheme is an optional method of accounting which allows certain businesses to calculate VAT based on the 'value' they add to the goods they sell, rather than on the full selling
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Last call, are you ready for revised digital filing of your VAT returns?
- May 7, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
Most VAT registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold need to be ready to keep digital records for VAT purposes, and to file their VAT returns, as required by the new Making Tax
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Beware Limited Cost Test if you use the VAT Flat Rate Scheme
- April 30, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
The VAT Flat Rate Scheme (FRS) has been designed to simplify the way a business accounts for VAT and in so doing, reduce the administration costs of complying with the VAT legislation. The scheme is
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VAT and transfer of business as a going concern
- April 23, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
The transfer of a business as a going concern (TOGC) rules concern the VAT liability on the sale of a business. Normally the sale of the assets of a VAT registered or VAT registerable business will be
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VAT registration thresholds
- April 23, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
HMRC’s VAT Notice 700/1: should I be registered for VAT? has recently been updated. The update reflects the fact that the taxable turnover threshold, that determines whether businesses should be
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Making an EU VAT refund claim
- April 23, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
The VAT paid in other EU countries is often recoverable by VAT-registered businesses in the UK, who bought goods or services for business use. The exact rules of what VAT is refundable depends on the
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The VAT concept of business
- April 16, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
The VAT system is policed by HMRC and there can be heavy penalties for breaches of the legislation.
There are four conditions that must be satisfied in order for an activity to be within the scope of
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VAT Fuel Scale Charges
- April 9, 2019
- Posted by: mardenco
- Category: Value Added Tax
The new VAT road fuel scale charges have been published. The changes amend the VAT scale charges for taxing private use of road fuel to reflect changes in fuel prices.
The new fuel scale charges must