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What must a business consider when claiming input tax ? p49

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  • Timing of claim
  • buyer - prompt reclaim
  • assists cashflow
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How can variations in the timing of claims occur ? P49

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  • Tax point variations
  • VAT Special scheme
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What ia a partially exempt supplier ? P50

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  • VAT registered business
  • supplies - VAT exempt
  • supplies - taxable (.e.g standard rate)
  • not reclaim input - exempt supplies purchases
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What must a partially exempt business do ? P51

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  • Workout - input tax recoverable
  • unless ‘de minimis’ rule
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How odes a partially exempt business workout the amount of VAT owed / reclaim ? P51

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  • Output tax - charge to taxable / not exempt
  • input tax:
    1. purchases-> exempt supples -> cannot reclaim input tax
    2. purchases -> taxable supplies -> can be reclaimed
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What is residual input tax ? P51

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  • Tax - purchases and expenses
  • indirect attribution - taxable and exempt
  • input recovery proportioned - taxable supplies
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How do you work out the percentage of residual input tax ? P52

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  • supplies in question (taxable/exempt) / total supplies * 100 = % supplies in question
  • 100 - % supplies in question = % residual input tax
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What is the ‘de minimis’ limit ? P52

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  • All input recoverable - taxable and exempt purchases & expenses
  • total value input tax > set amount ( de minimum limit)
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What is the ‘de minimis’ test ? P52

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  • Input tax for exempt
  • £625 limit
  • AND
  • > 50 % total input vat for period
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How do you calculate on whether the input tax for exempt goods is less than £625 per month ? P52

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Input tax for exempt supplies / 12

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How do you calculate whether input tax exempt supplies is less than 50 % of total input VAT for the period ? P52

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  • Input tax ( taxable supplies) + input tax (exempt supplies) = total input tax
  • input tax (exempt supplies) / total input tax* 100 = %
  • IF % > 50% = de minimum pass
  • exempt supplies input tax = recovered in full
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What is the ONLY thing busiensses can claim back ? P53

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  • Actual business expenses
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If a business uses goods/ services partly for business purposes and partly for non-business purposes what must it do ? P53

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Identify - businesss
identify - non business

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What are blocked expenses ? P53

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  • Cannot reclaim - input VAT
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What does the HMRC state about VAT on business entertainment ? P53

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  • Input tax irrecoverable
  • exception - entertaining overseas customers
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What is employee entertainment - business expense ? P53

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  • Reward employee -good work
  • business purpose - not blocked
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How does a busines deal with mixed entertaining ( business and employee) P53

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  • Proportion of input - not relate to client/ staff entertaining only
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Are businesses generally allowed to reclaim vat if they buy a car ? P54

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  • No - Input tax blocked
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When can input tax be reclaimed on the purchase of a car ? P54

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  • Wholly business - not even work
  • Taxi business, driving instructor
  • car dealer - inventory (12 months)
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Can a business reclaim VAT on vehicle repares and maintenance ? P54

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  • Yes
  • business pays for work
  • some business use of vehicle
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What type of vehicles can businesses reclaim input tax on the normal way ? P54

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  • Commercial vehicles
  • Van
  • Lorries
  • Tractors
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How is VAT dealt with by a business leasing / hiring a car ? P54

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  • 50 % of VAT - leasing payment
  • look at example
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How does a business deal with selling a vehicle that they previously brought without reclaiming input tax ? P54

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  • Cannot reclaim input VAT - car brought
  • cannot charge vat - car sold
  • e.g. driving school charge vat
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What are the different ways a business can approach the fuel costs incurred on a company car driven by an employee ? P55

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  • All fuel business purposes - all input vat reclaimed
  • no need to reclaim - low mileage / some private use - all vehicles
  • business purposes and private - only business - detailed record
  • separate fuel charge
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How can a business purchasing fuel which will be used for both business and private motoring account for VAT ? P55
* Reclaim VAT charged * AND * pay fuel scale charge
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What is the fuel scale charge ? P55
* CO2 (carbon dioxide) * higher emission = greater effect on environmnet * higher fuel scale charge
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What can a business use if accounting for private usuage of fuel, by paying the fuel scale charge ? P55
* Calculation tool - HMRC section - gov website
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What is the process for the fuel scale charge calculation ? P56
* select period ( 1st May - 30th April) * length of accounting period - monthly , quarterly , annually * CO2 emission figure - bands * Change of car - fuel scale charge apportioned
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How are CO2 emissions figures that are not a multiple of 5 treated - look at calculation example in the book ? P56
* Rounded down - next multiple of 5
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What to remember about the charges incurred on the fuel scale charge table ? P57
* Charge inclusive of VAT * VAT amount only - on VAT return / control account *
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What must you bear in mind with fuel scale charges on year to year ? P56
* Increases every year * three times - low emission vehicle
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What is a mixed used asset ? P58
* Asset purchased by business * part use - by business * part use - by owner
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How should VAT on a mixed used asset be claimed back ? P58
* Proportioned = use of asset * Proporitioned relating business use
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What is the HMRC method for apportioning VAT, to reclaim back on the purchase of mixed used assets ? P58
* No set method * fair and reasonable * justification needed
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Why does VAT need to be charged on goods imported from abroad ? P58
Avoid overseas supplier advantage
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Who pays for imported goods and services ? P58
* Tax on imported goods and services * paid by importer * input tax
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How do most VAT-registered businesses account for import of goods P58?
* Postponed VAT accounting * declare import & reclaim input tax - same VAT return
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What effect does postponed VAT accounting have on the cashflow of the business ? P59
* improves it * Not - upfront payment imported - recovering it later * delay payment- declaring and recovering import - same return
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What happens if the business chooses to pay import tax when the goods enter the country ? P59
* VAT incurred - reclaimed normal input * import VAT statmeent evidence
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How do UK businesses not registered for VAT deal with import tax ? P59
* Import tax paid * not reclaimed
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How are exported goods taxed ? P59
* VAT - goods used in UK * exported goods - zero rates * documentary evidence - export and laws obeyed * except - overseas customer - delivery to UK address
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Why is it important to know the place of supply? P59
Place - VAT charged and paid
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How do you determine the place for supply for goods ? P59
* Country - goods are from
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How do you determine the place of supply for services - providing to a business customer? P59
customer is located
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The place of supply for a service - non business customer ? P59
* supplier is located
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How must a business account for VAT when exporting services overseas ? PP60
* Outside scope UK vat * net sales - VAT return * non business customer = vatable = customer in UK
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What are import services - reverse charge - referring to ? P60
* business - account for vat itself * reverse charge * business = supplier & customer * charges itself VAT - claims it back
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How does reverse charge work step by step ? P60
* VAT return = VAT in output & VAT in input * net costs - other net sales and purchases
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What do special schemes within the HMRC do , and what are the three main ones ? P60
* Vary - VAT collected * annual accounting scheme * flat rate scheme * cash accounting scheme
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What does the annual accounting scheme for VAT allow ? P60
* One annual VAT return
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What must your turnover be to apply for annual accounting scheme ? P60
* maximum taxable turnover 12 months = no more than 1.35 million * turnover = standard, reduced , zero - excludes VAT / sale of capital assets
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How do traders pay under annual accounting scheme - 9 installments ? P61
* 90 % - estimated annaul VAT payment * previous year's VAT return - 9 equal monthly payments * 4th month start - VAT year
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What if the annual taxable turnover goes over 1.35 million, and you are using an annaual accounting sheme ? P61
* Can continue * next accounting year - 1.6 million - must leave
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What is an alternative way that a business can make interim payments under the annual accounting scheme ? P61
* Three interim payments = 25 % previous year's VAT liability * 25 % likely annual VAT liability = less 12 months registration * payable months = 4, 7 , 10 - annual accounting period
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How and when must traders submit VAT return under annual accounting scheme ? P61
* Electronically * within two months - end of VAT year
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How can a business withdraw from the annual accounting scheem ? P61
* Voluntarily * any time - writing to HMRC * afterwards - usual accounting vat
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What can the annual accounting scheme be used in conjunction with ? P61
* Flat rate scheme * Cash accounting scheme * NOT BOTH
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What must a business acquiring another business which is under the annual accounting scheme do ? P61
* Assess - use of annual accounting scheme * calculate - expected + combined turnover of new business * 1.6 million exceeded = cease scheme
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What are the advantages of annual accounting schemes ? P62
* Smooth cash flow - set amount * one VAT return per year - not 4 required standard scheme * two month ( rather than 1) complete * Align VAT year - end of business tax year
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What are disadvantage of annual accounting scheme ? P62
* Reguar reclaimer - one payment per year * turnover decreases - higher interim payments (previous year liability)
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What is a flat rate scheme ? P62
* Not every transaction * Flat percentage rate - total turnover (VAT and Exempt)
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How must businesses under the flat rate scheme issue invoices ? P62
* VAT invoice * appropriate rate of VAT
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Can a business under the flat rate scheme reclaim input tax ? P62
* No * accounted - flate rate percentage
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When can a business join the flate rate shceme ? P63
Taxable turnover - 12 months - less than £150,000
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When must a business leave the flat rate scheme ? P63
* Annual assessment * turnover (VAT and exempt) exceed / expected exceed ( next 12 months) - 230,000 a year
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How can a business voluntarily withdraw from the flat rate accounting scheme ? P63
* Writing - HMRC * HMRC confirmation * account VAT usual way * 12 month wait to rejoin
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What are the flat rate percentages fore different types of businesses ? P63
Retailers of food and newspapers 4% Sports and recreation 8.5% Photography 11% Entertainment 12.5% Agricultural services 11 % Accounting and booking services 14.5%
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What is the calculation for the flat rate scheme ? P63
* income for period (VAT inclusive)* flat rate percentage
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What is a benefit of the flat rate scheme ? P63
* First year vat registration = 1% reduction * amount to HMRC only * allowance for input tax - % * normal rate - not flat rate invoices
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When must a flat rate of 16.5% be used ? P64
Limited costs business - provides service Business - incur minimal costs
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When is a business classed a limited cost busienss ? P64
* Expenditure ( inclusive VAT) * less than EITHER * 2% - VAT inclusive turnover * more than 2 % - less than £1,000 per year * any sector *
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What can a flat rate scheme be used in conjunction with ? P64
* Annual accounting scheme * basic pecerntage * once per year
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What must be done is a business operating a flat rate scheme is taken over ? P64
* assess * expected and combined turnover * exceeds £230,000 = cessation
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How does capital expenditure work under the flat rate shceme ? P64
* £2000 or more = claim back * Selling on - charge VAT * Extra VAT - purchases and sales - on VAT return * Quartely / annual (with annual accounting scheme)
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What does the cash accounting scheme allow ? P65
* Account for VAT: * date payment received and made * tax point invoice - received and issued
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What type of traders does the cash accounting scheme scheme help ? P65
* Pay supplier promptly * time - receiving payment from customers * automatic bad debt relief - no payment = no declarable
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What does a business need to qualify for cash accounting scheme ? P65
Anticipate annual taxable turnover - 1.35 million - standard, reduced, zero ( no VAT and exempt) Clean record - returns, evasion , fraud
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What if a business exceeds the 1.35 million threshold on a cash accountign scheme ? P65
* until 1.6 million * 1.6 million exceeded = cessation
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How can a business withdraw from the cash accounting scheme ? P65
* Voluntarily
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What must be done if a business under the cash accounting scheme is taken over as a going concern ? P65
* assess - expected and combined takeover * 1.6 million exceeded = cessation
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How must a business account for VAT under the cash accounting scheme ? P65
* VAT invoices issued * tax point for payment = transaction date * invoices issued/ received payment in cash - receipted and dated
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What can the cash accounting scheme be used in conjunction with ? P65
* Annual accounting scheme * not flat rate scheme
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Where must the fuel scale charge be included once it's been calculated ? P57
* VAT control account * VAT return
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Tax processes for businesses (finance act 2023) (6 decks)

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