VAT

Keeping up to date with ever-changing VAT regulations and developments arising from case law can be challenging for businesses. We offer straightforward, practical and pragmatic advice and guidance to navigate the complex world of VAT.

As VAT is a self-assessed transaction-based tax, we understand that risks and opportunities require specialist on-demand responses, and our experienced and versatile VAT specialists are on hand to offer support at every stage.

Our teams identify opportunities and risks at an early stage and deliver solutions-focused guidance. We provide practical clarity on all kinds of VAT issues, covering all industry sectors. We use our skills, honed over many years in both public and private practice, to mitigate behaviour-based VAT penalties.

The advice we provide is clear, concise and pragmatic with the simple aim of helping you understand your VAT position so that you can better manage your risk.

Our VAT advisory services include the following: VAT registrations and compliance (e.g. Option to Tax notifications and EORI number requests for importers), correspondence and negotiation with HMRC on VAT disputes and enquiries including liability of goods/services reviews, VAT Assurance reviews and formal Error Correction Notices (ECN’s), partial exemption methodologies and solutions such as Capital Goods Scheme reviews for partially exempt businesses, capital expenditure and revenue spending reviews, specialist Real Estate advice in both the commercial and residential development sectors VAT due diligence and transaction cost reviews, retrospective VAT claim opportunities.