25 April 2023| CATEGORIES: VAT-free shopping| TAGS: tourism, VAT-free
Businesses are once again lobbying the government to re-introduce tax-free shopping for tourists. 90 business leaders have signed a letter to the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt warning of the effects the withdrawal of the scheme in 2021 is having on the UK economy.
20 April 2023| CATEGORIES: Customs, Spring Budget 2023, VAT| TAGS: Customs, HMRC, Spring Budget 2023, VAT
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Jeremy Hunt, presented the Spring Budget to the House of Commons on 15 March 2023. This article looks at the main points of interest from a VAT and Customs perspective. The full set of Spring Budget 2023 documents are available here.
3 March 2023| CATEGORIES: Brexit, Northern Ireland Protocol, The Windsor Framework| TAGS: Brexit, Customs, Northern Ireland, VAT
The UK Government has reached an agreement in principle with the EU, aimed at addressing post-Brexit problems with the Northern Ireland Protocol. The Windsor Framework, replaces the old Northern Ireland Protocol. It delivers free-flowing trade in goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland through a new green lane.
3 March 2023| CATEGORIES: digital newspapers, Supreme Court, zero rate| TAGS: VAT News
The UK Supreme Court, in the case of News Corp UK & Ireland Ltd v Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs [2023] UKSC 7, has ruled that digital versions of newspapers were not entitled to the VAT zero rating for newspapers before the legislation was changed to include them from 1 May 2020.
9 February 2023| CATEGORIES: Brexit, second-hand vehicles, VAT| TAGS: new VAT rules, Northern Ireland, second-hand vehicles
A new VAT-related payment scheme for businesses that buy second-hand cars in GB and move them to Northern Ireland or the European Union for resale is to be introduced. This puts Northern Ireland dealers in a comparable financial position to their counterparts in the rest of the UK. Under the terms of the Northern Ireland Protocol the VAT second-hand car margin scheme could no longer be used by dealers for these sales.
1 February 2023| CATEGORIES: VAT penalty regime| TAGS: New HMRC rules
HMRC has introduced a new penalty regime for VAT returns that are submitted late and VAT which is paid late. The way interest is charged has also changed.
13 January 2023| CATEGORIES: Uncategorised| TAGS:
HMRC has advised that from 1 February 2023, it will no longer issue VAT option to tax (OTT) notification receipt letters, nor provide confirmation that an OTT is in place – outside specific circumstances. OTT Notification by e-mail When notifying HMRC of an OTT of land or property by e-mail, HMRC request that the subject line …
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12 January 2023| CATEGORIES: EU VAT, VAT in the Digital Age, VIDA| TAGS: digital reporting requirements, e-invoicing, EU, OSS, platform economy, single VAT registration
The European Commission has proposed a series of measures to modernise and make the EU’s Value-Added Tax (VAT) system work better for businesses and more resilient to fraud by embracing and promoting digitalisation. The VAT in the Digital Age (VIDA) package also aims to address challenges raised by the development of the platform economy.
1 December 2022| CATEGORIES: Autumn Statement, VAT, VAT registration| TAGS: VAT registration threshold
In the Autumn Statement Chancellor Jeremy Hunt announced that the VAT registration and deregistration thresholds would be frozen for a further 2 years from April 2024. The current thesholds of £85,000 (VAT registration) and £83,000 (VAT deregistration) have now been in place since April 2017.
25 November 2022| CATEGORIES: VAT refund| TAGS: electronic, HMRC, VAT refund
Non-UK businesses can now opt to make UK VAT refund claims electronically. The claims are submitted electronically using HMRC’s Secure Data Exchange Service (SDES) system. The system is optional and there are no immediate plans to make it mandatory.
