If rental income is treated as zero - rated rather than VAT exempt, it would allow landlords to
reclaim VAT on running, management and repair costs.
While VAT ought to be «cost neutral», in that businesses will be generally able to
reclaim any VAT that they pay on goods or services, with the final consumer being the only one actually taxed, the reality may not stack up this way for one simple reason — the contract.
If you are providing VAT - liable services (you probablly are) and you register normally for VAT then you will be able to
reclaim VAT on your buisness purchases but you will have to charge VAT to your clients.
In many circumstances customers can also
reclaim VAT on the monthly payments.
Not exact matches
Cross border movement of goods will require import
VAT to be paid and import declarations will need to be made, typically import
VAT can then be
reclaimed, so businesses will need to obtain the relevant evidence in order to secure a refund — unless simplifications are in place.
In addition, commercial vehicles allow the company to
reclaim the 20 %
VAT for vehicles used exclusively for business use.
The buyer's status makes no difference, the seller doesn't get involved in whether the buyer is able to
reclaim or not (based on their
VAT - registered status).
What makes this ideal for
VAT registered businesses is that 100 % of the
VAT is reclaimable if the vehicle is only used for business purposes and 50 % can be
reclaimed if there is some private use.
All of the
VAT levied on maintenance charges can also be
reclaimed.
Other Notable Features: Free employee cards, shopping discounts through Mastercard Easy Savings, excellent business management tools, travel assistance, airport concierge, purchase assurance, Mastercard travel services, identity - theft protection, foreign
VAT reclaim service
The investigation was prompted by a row last autumn when The Stuckists, an art movement opposed to the Tate's championing of conceptualist art, disclosed that the Tate paid # 705,000 (only # 600,000 to the Tate because
VAT could be
reclaimed) to Chris Ofili, a former Turner Prize winner and one of its trustees, for a work called The Upper Room in 2003.
The Tribunal found that the directors of Global Trading knew their trade in 2006 was connected with missing trader Intra-Community Fraud, and upheld HMRC's decision not to repay the company 」 327,995 in
reclaimed input
VAT.
HMRC has advocated a «reverse» charge or a flat 15 %
VAT rate between member states that could be later
reclaimed to deter carousel fraud but the simpler export of non-existent or significantly overvalued «antiques» from the UK would escape these restrictions.