by Marie Stein | 20 Oct, 2014 | Management services
One of the developments that has unsettled me over recent years is HMRC’s refusal to give rulings on specific transactions or liability issues. What if you can’t get a ruling from HMRC? HMRC’s position on “non-statutory” rulings/clearances is here on their...
by Marie Stein | 14 Oct, 2014 | Management services
Property developers: can you claim VAT? Whenever I’m contacted by a property developer, one of the first questions they ask is, almost without exception, “can I claim my VAT back”. As most of you know already, there is no simple answer to this question, as it depends...
by Marie Stein | 25 Sep, 2014 | Management services
Does the VAT registration limit deter small business growth? As far as the government is concerned, in an ideal world, everyone would declare all of their income and pay all of their taxes at the right time. Every business that should be registered for VAT would be...
by Marie Stein | 8 Sep, 2014 | Management services
I know that a lot of people are nervous about contacting professional advisors because of the cost. You know that you’ll be charged by the hour, but you don’t know how many hours it’s going to take nor when the clock starts ticking. You’re happy to pay for advice in...
by Marie Stein | 14 Aug, 2014 | Management services
HMRC and the 12 year old VAT debt: Every now and again, somebody ends up having to pay HMRC a lot of money which could easily have been prevented, because they’ve made one very simple mistake …… HMRC and the 12 year old VAT debt. In one recent case,...
