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Our services

Ensuring compliance

  • We can lift the burden of VAT compliance - from registration through to providing timely and accurate returns.
  • We can help set up and maintain the appropriate records to avoid interest and penalty charges.
  • We can also advise on the VAT liability of your supplies.

Minimising liabilities

  • We can work with you to identify the most appropriate structure for your organisation to minimise its VAT liability.
  • Partial exemption affects many businesses. We have experience in planning the most suitable recovery method for you.
  • We can advise charities and Not-for-Profit organisations on the rules on business to non-business apportionment. We can also ensure that they make full use of the zero-rated reliefs available to them for certain goods and services.

Specialist advice

We can provide specialist advice on:

  • charities and other not-for-profit organisations
  • land, property and construction
  • pension schemes
  • tour operators and travel agents
  • printed matter and publications
  • international transactions
  • recreation and sport
  • recovery of tax (UK and overseas)
  • second-hand margin schemes.

Liaison with H M Customs & Excise

  • We can act on your behalf and liaise directly with H M Customs & Excise to reach an agreeable and cost-effective solution should any queries arise. We also have extensive experience in the preparation and support of VAT tribunal appeals.

VAT health checks and hot-line service

  • We can conduct a 'health check' on your organisation to check on VAT compliance and operational efficiency.
  • We can also provide a telephone hot-line help service. All your VAT queries will be answered quickly and efficiently by an experienced VAT professional.

Expert witness

Criminal Prosecutions - our services include:

  • advice on technical VAT issues
  • evaluating calculations
  • preparing an expert witness report
  • giving evidence at trial

Civil Litigations - our services on civil disputes with Customs involve:

  • advice on technical matters
  • advice on procedures employed by HMRC
  • challenging the basis of any assessment made by HMRC
    providing reports
  • offering alternative methods of calculation.

Find out more from our Expert witness case studies.