VAT Flashcards
VAT historic registration: When to notify and when registered for period end 31 Mar?
Period end 31 Mar, notify 30 Apr, registered 1 May
VAT future registration: When to notify and when registered?
Notify end of 30d period, registered from beginning of 30d period
VAT pre-registration recovery
Goods on hand: 4y
Services: 6m
VAT deregistration: Stops making taxable supplies: When notified & when deregistered?
Notify 30d, deregistered when stopped making the taxable supplies
Voluntary VAT deregistration: When notified and when deregistered?
When expected supplies under OBT 83 for next 12m (can’t be temporary drop)
Deregistered on date of request (can be any time because voluntary)
What do you have to do when deregistered for VAT?
There is a deemed supply of business assets over 1k
Unless sale/incorporating business
VAT irrecoverable debt
Can claim VAT back if 6m old
Is business entertainment expense VAT recoverable?
NO
Unless 100% business
Or Staff
Or foreign customers
Are cars VAT reocverable?
NO
Unless 100% business
Is (proprietor) private use recoverable?
NO
VAT refund time limit
4y
Can an employee or sole trader recover VAT on fuel bought for private use?
YES
BUT output OBT SCALE CHARGE!
Can you recover VAT on the repairs of cars with negligible business use?
YES
As long as any business use
VAT return electronic payment deadline
1m7d
Is VAT in MTD
Yes
Unless voluntary registration under threshold
What’s it called when HMRC come to check your VAT?
Control visit
Is there any help you can get if you make a lot of VAT recoverable purchases?
Monthly returns
What is the higher limit for VAT and what do you have to do if you hit it?
2.3m
(Liab, any 12m)
Monthly submission
When is a VAT invoice due?
30d from tax point