Our biggest source of pride is our success stories - while we might say we can deliver our services, and deliver them well, nothing gives us a better vote of confidence in the eyes of new customers than positive reviews from previous clients.

Scroll down this page to read some success stories from businesses and accountants we have previously worked with.

Partial Exemption Review - saving of £61,000

Learn more about how we assisted in recasting four years of VAT returns, securing a refund of £61,000 from HMRC.

Pension scheme at risk of losing £60k

A case brought to us in 2013 was typical of the type of issues our team is used to working out at The VAT People, and we were pleased to find a solution for our client. In this instance, the case involved a client - a pension scheme - paying VAT on the purchase of a new property, while also paying VAT on the significant cost of refurbishing the property.

Savings with Tax Dis-Application

In certain circumstances, businesses can take advantage of the option of disapplied tax, often in cases where an existing commercial structure is going to be converted into a residential building e.g. a pub due tobe converted into flats. Read more on how we helped our clients

Successful VAT Appeal Against HMRC Case Study

Using The VAT People’s guidance, a business won a VAT tribunal appeal against HMRC involving the VAT treatment on the supply of a health food product. The appeal related to zero-rating of the company’s products, which were vegan protein powders used for sports recovery, sold in health food stores and directly to customers via their website.

The importance of choosing the correct date of registration

Learn more about the advice we provided to our client's accountant on how make VAT-able supplies of a property and whether the VAT on costs incurred to date could be recovered as pre-registration input VAT under the 4-year rule.

Using accounting and invoicing to maximise VAT position - £500k cash injection

We advised a client on how to structure invoicing and accounting to maximise their VAT position, which led to £500,000 being injected into the business.

Success Stories

Partial Exemption Review - saving of £61,000

Pension scheme at risk of losing £60k

Savings with Tax Dis-Application

Successful VAT Appeal Against HMRC Case Study

The importance of choosing the correct date of registration

Using accounting and invoicing to maximise VAT position - £500k cash injection

Rob McCann

Steve Howard

Tamara Habberley

Jack Ray-Atkins

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