by AJN Accountants | Jan 23, 2023 | Accounting, Advice, VAT
What is the issue? Recent tribunal cases have further highlighted that a business can only claim input VAT if the expense was for business purpose and for supplies related to its own business. VAT can’t be claimed on an expense belonging to a different business even...
by AJN Accountants | Dec 26, 2022 | Business, Tax Planning, VAT
The VAT registration threshold has already been frozen at £85,000 since April 2017 and it will now be fixed at that level until April 2026. The Chancellor made the point that the UK’s VAT registration threshold is more than twice as high as the average in OECD...
by AJN Accountants | Jun 10, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, Business, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, VAT
It is important to keep your personal money and your company’s money completely separate. If you use your company’s bank card to buy personal items or to pay your own bills, that expenditure is treated as a loan to you. The loan creates a corporation tax...
by AJN Accountants | Apr 21, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, Business, Financial Planning, Tax Planning, VAT
Contract termination fees can be a bitter pill to swallow when you just want out of an expensive agreement. What’s worse is that some suppliers will charge VAT on top of the cancellation fee while others will not. The law has been a bit of a mess but HMRC has...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 22, 2022 | Accounting, Advice, News, Small Businesses, VAT
The hospitality and tourist sectors have been supported through the Covid-19 pandemic by being able to pay a reduced amount of VAT to HMRC in respect of most sales. The reduced VAT rate was 5% from 15 July 2020 to 30 September 2021 and 12.5% from 1 October 2021 to 31...
by AJN Accountants | Mar 11, 2022 | Accounting, Business, News, Tax Planning, VAT
For VAT periods starting on and after 1 April 2022 all VAT records must be recorded digitally and returns must be submitted under the Making Tax Digital (MTD) regime. If you are not already submitting your VAT returns using MTD-enabled software (or asking us to do so)...
