VAT and the Flat Rate Scheme

Top Vat Guides

Contractor guide to VAT inspections 2) How to prepare

What IT contractors do before the VAT man calls can make all the difference.

Contractor guide to VAT inspection 1) what to expect and when

Former Customs officer on what’s in store for IT contractors if a VAT inspector calls.

The Basics of VAT

Your IT contractor guide to compulsory and voluntary VAT registration and VAT returns.

IT contractor guide to Flat Rate VAT

Going flat could let IT contractors keep more of their money from the taxman.

Flat VAT Scheme for IT contractors: the basics

A potential benefit of being VAT registered is the "VAT Flat Rate Scheme".

Contractor's Questions

Contractors' Questions: When to register for VAT?

Compulsory or Voluntary? With VAT, contractors fall into two categories.

Contractors’ Questions: Must I always apply VAT if I’m VAT-registered?

'It's no good agreeing a fixed price only to forget to factor in VAT.'

Contractors' Questions: Is contracting in the US VAT-free?

Tax aid for a UK-based contractor hoping to duck VAT on services across the pond.

Contractors’ Questions: When do I need to deregister for VAT?

Compulsory and voluntary VAT deregistration: an expert replies on what you need to do if your income drops or you break from trading.

Contractors’ Questions: What if my invoice is missing VAT?

VAT expert lets down an IT contractor hoping one stray invoice won’t matter.

Contractors’ Questions: Should I register for VAT?

How to pay VAT when you’re not VAT-registered, and other tips.

Contractors' Questions: How to pay VAT if I'm unpaid?

VAT expert helps an out-of-pocket IT contractor facing a demand from the Revenue.

Contractors' Questions: How to avoid VAT at 20%?

Expert aid for a project contractor being asked to duck the VAT increase.

Contractors' Questions: How to own up to my VAT error?

Expert helps a VAT-registered contractor worried about coming clean to the taxman.

How will the VAT rise affect me?

What VAT increasing to 20% means for IT contractor companies.

Contractors' Questions: Do I need a VAT number for EU clients?

Tax tips for an out-of-pocket freelancer stuck on his client's claims about VAT in Europe.

Contractors' Questions: Does UK VAT cover Irish agents?

Tax aid for an IT contractor who wrongly charged UK VAT to a Dublin-based agency.

Contractors' Questions: Do I have to pay my agent's VAT?

Expert aid for a contractor whose umbrella is charging him for a non-paying agent.

Latest VAT News

Call to cut VAT amid rising IT business confidence

FSB finds small IT businesses are more upbeat, but says the economy still needs cuts to VAT.

Self-employed warned of heftier VAT penalties

Amnesty rates not on offer to business owners who knowingly dodged the VAT man.

Revenue to toughen up on VAT dodgers

Taxman’s attention will turn to those flouting VAT registration.

Firms to invoice early as VAT rise looms

Suppliers consider billing in advance to make the most of VAT at 17.5 per cent.

How to reflect the VAT rise

What IT contractors can and can't do to account for VAT rising to 20%.

Looming VAT rise compels firms to act

'Most VAT-registered firms will pass the bigger burden on to customers.'

All VAT returns to be online from 2012

Ministers to make online filing compulsory for all VAT-registered taxpayers.

UK closer to simpler VAT invoicing

New measures pave the way for a wider use of e-invoicing across Europe.

VAT rise unnerving small companies

'The increase in VAT was Osborne's most harmful measure.'

Revenue toughens up on deferring VAT

Taxman says no to delaying £42million worth of VAT payments.

VAT man deters cheque payments

Revenue & Customs announces new rules to settle up by cheque.

Contractors face penalties for registering late

Heftier cash penalties loom for those who keep quiet about their tax status.

Taxman announces changes to CGT, VAT

Fresh guidance from HMRC for partnerships and VAT registered firms.

Five month wait to register for VAT

Delays to VAT registration are at odds with HMRC's own statistics.

Revenue to put up VAT on January 1

Pleas to defer the VAT rate rise appear to have been in vain.

IT contractors must plan for VAT changes

European VAT reforms will change how IT suppliers do business.

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