Flight/hotel booking sites that provide invoices

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Not sure why you'd need a valid VAT invoice anyway as your clients won't be reclaiming any VAT on the supplier's invoice, they'll be reclaiming VAT off of your invoice which you have to charge regardless of what VAT (if any) the supplier might have charged. Any receipt/invoice should do if they simply want evidence of the costs you've incurred and are re-charging.

Also bear in mind if you're purchasing any services with the hotel/flights that would normally be standard rated in the UK, you may have to account for these purchases on your own VAT return under the reverse charge.

[LondonManc]

Not 100% clear, though, is it? Expedia don't charge VAT for their services. Doesn't the hotel still charge VAT though?

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

Not 100% clear, though, is it? Expedia don't charge VAT for their services. Doesn't the hotel still charge VAT though?

If Expedia are operating as the principle rather than simply acting as an agent then I don't think it matters, but VAT rules for agents especially travel-related can be complicated.

All OP needs to know is whether any of the services supplied would usually be standard rated in the UK, in which case the reverse charge might apply and that anything they re-charge to their customer has to have VAT charged on top (which their client can reclaim).

[Spoiler]

Not sure why you'd need a valid VAT invoice anyway as your clients won't be reclaiming any VAT on the supplier's invoice, they'll be reclaiming VAT off of your invoice which you have to charge regardless of what VAT (if any) the supplier might have charged. Any receipt/invoice should do if they simply want evidence of the costs you've incurred and are re-charging.

Thanks, just been reading up on this.

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Ahem, just booked flights/hotel with Expedia. Sorry about the noise