Single supplier to procur equipment over £2000

[SlipTheJab]

There's probably a few places that can supply all of these, so if it's that important to you to claim the VAT back , maybe you should be a little less specific so you can buy them all in one place.

Buy them all from Argos

[mdhd]

Buy a macbook, external mouse, keyboard, and an iPhone. You might not need all that, but who cares and you can still claim VAT refund.

[MrMarkyMark]

Buy a macbook, external mouse, keyboard, and an iPhone. You might not need all that, but who cares and you can still claim VAT refund.

And he can sit on the cardboard box the Mac comes in I suppose

[mudskipper]

If you've just started up then your mistake is joining the FRS too early - you should register for VAT, buy everything, claim the VAT back then join the FRS to start billing

You don't even need to do that. You can reclaim the VAT on purchases made in the period (6 months IIRC) before registering. Too late for the OP, unfortunately.

[Bozwell]

If you've just started up then your mistake is joining the FRS too early - you should register for VAT, buy everything, claim the VAT back then join the FRS to start billing

When I first started up my Accountant specifically asked if I had any equipment purchases to make before signing up to flat rate. Unfortunately I wasn't in a position to buy my Computers at the time. I would have thought that most of the big IT equipment suppliers could get anything you want if you call and ask even if it isn't currently on their website, although not necessarily at the price you would want to pay.

I eventually made an order from one supplier for most of what I wanted which came to over £2000, and then bought a few separate items elsewhere because even with VAT added they were still cheaper.

[Ajbaker]

Thank you all for your comments. Seems like I'm out of luck however, and will simply have to pay the VAT.
pr1s advice not to register for flat rate scheme until large purchases have been made is great advice. And it seems really obvious, now. Though sadly a little late for me, and I'm not sure I could have afforded this purchase before starting anyhow.

[PerfectStorm]

You still get the 20 % off your corporation tax, so don't worry about it. Chairs are 50 quid.

[MrMarkyMark]

You still get the 20 % off your corporation tax, so don't worry about it. Chairs are 50 quid.

Unless he was after one of these...

[Hobosapien]

For a one stop shop isn't that what Amazon are taking over the world with?

Even if the items you want are via several suppliers on the Amazon marketplace, I think you'd be ok putting in one Amazon order so one Amazon invoice for VAT purposes.

Often separate entities are suppliers on Amazon too so can often get same or similar deals, especially if qualifies for free delivery due to being fulfilled by Amazon.

I suppose eBay is another one.

Depends how their prices minus the VAT refund compare to the other separate sources where you won't be able to reclaim the VAT.

(To get around the buying process, paying Amazon from personal account rather than having a corporate one, you can transfer the cost of the purchase to your company as an expense and still reclaim the VAT)

[northernladuk]

For a one stop shop isn't that what Amazon are taking over the world with?

Even if the items you want are via several suppliers on the Amazon marketplace, I think you'd be ok putting in one Amazon order so one Amazon invoice for VAT purposes.

Often separate entities are suppliers on Amazon too so can often get same or similar deals, especially if qualifies for free delivery due to being fulfilled by Amazon.

I suppose eBay is another one.

Depends how their prices minus the VAT refund compare to the other separate sources where you won't be able to reclaim the VAT.

(To get around the buying process, paying Amazon from personal account rather than having a corporate one, you can transfer the cost of the purchase to your company as an expense and still reclaim the VAT)

You've got to be careful with Amazon as it's likely you'll get items from multiple suppliers so a number of different invoices with different VAT numbers which does not meet the requirements. Has to be one invoice/VAT number. A market place offering products from a number of suppliers is not the same as buying from one supplier on one invoice.