Charity owning significant property

Charity owning significant property portfolio but never registered for VAT – was this the best idea? Advice in relation to costs being incurred on planned property development leading to 4-year back-dated registration securing VAT claims >£100k led also to the […]

Not-for-profit child guardians

Not-for-profit child guardian service provider unsure of the VAT treatment and if over-charging clients. The accountants were unsure and asked us to establish whether VAT had been charged in error on guardianship services to parents of students studying in the […]

Property company

Property company was trying to register for VAT but HMRC had refused. We found that the company was entitled to register under the intending trader provisions and successfully argued the case with HMRC who allowed a retrospective registration which therefore […]

Singapore based business

Singapore based business was sourcing and selling cars into the UK. We provided guidance on how VAT should be arranged for cars imported into the UK by a non-UK business to enable VAT to flow through to the final sale.

Retirement village development

Retirement village development – could VAT be claimed on construction of a members club central hub? Case law and HMRC policy in this area made advising on how to structure the common areas in order to maximise VAT claims by […]

Team sport supplier

Team sport supplier had charged VAT on all of its supplies – was this the right answer? Advising on the extent of the Sports exemption led to us quantifying a back claim of >£70k for overpaid output VAT and overcoming […]