Case Studies

Clothing exporter

This client exports large amounts of clothing particularly to EU countries. He was having continual problems as Customs were putting stops on his VAT refunds (his purchases being UK sourced and thus VATable).

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Commercial property transaction

We got a call from an accountancy colleague of ours who was concerned that one of his clients was being badly advised by his solicitors..

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Specific Planning

Option To Tax Dis-Application In certain circumstances an option to tax is disapplied and this includes where an existing building is intended to be converted to residential use..

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Customs Facilitation Schemes

There are a number of very useful facilitation schemes available for importers and exporters and here are a couple: ..

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Effective Planning

In a recent case, a partnership client incurred VAT of £1.. Read more

Bad Debt Relief

A client had around £400K on its debtor ledger, approximately half of which related to retentions in the building industry.. Read more

Tax Points

We recently advised a business that undertakes continuous supplies of services how best to structure its invoicing and accounting to maximise its VAT position.. Read more

Agency Supplies

We recently helped a business which is the UK subsidiary of a US company defend an assessment HMRC had raised for commission received for acting as an agent. Read more

Housing Association - VAT Liabilities

This case involved a dispute between our client and its contractor regarding the VAT liability of demolition and subsequent construction under one overall contract. Read more

Specific Liabilities

This involves a client contacting us regarding the surrender of a lease, a rent free period and the gift of a crane by the existing landlord. Read more