Originally posted by Yorga
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Which brings me to my next question! 
I've read the threads where agency has quoted day rate as Inc. VAT and understand that it's them trying it on, but when I read those it seemed to be that it was there in black and white saying £xxx Inc VAT. The contract I have seems to have two conflicting wordings. In a definition section at the start it states: "Fees" include agreed Fees, any expenses authorised by the client and VAT charged at the applicable rate. So chopping out all the extraneous wording in between I read the sentence as "Fees" include fees and VAT. The schedule states the "Fees" as £xxx per day and the bottom has an asterisk stating fees are plus VAT if applicable.
To my non-lawyer mind these are conflicting? On the one hand they define fees as Including VAT and then later on say they are Excluding. I've gone back to them asking them to clarify the statement but just wondered if this is them pulling a trick or this is a usual thing?
I've read the threads where agency has quoted day rate as Inc. VAT and understand that it's them trying it on, but when I read those it seemed to be that it was there in black and white saying £xxx Inc VAT. The contract I have seems to have two conflicting wordings. In a definition section at the start it states: "Fees" include agreed Fees, any expenses authorised by the client and VAT charged at the applicable rate. So chopping out all the extraneous wording in between I read the sentence as "Fees" include fees and VAT. The schedule states the "Fees" as £xxx per day and the bottom has an asterisk stating fees are plus VAT if applicable.
To my non-lawyer mind these are conflicting? On the one hand they define fees as Including VAT and then later on say they are Excluding. I've gone back to them asking them to clarify the statement but just wondered if this is them pulling a trick or this is a usual thing?
You charge £x00 per day + VAT
expenses are £xxx + VAT
that's how I read it. Ignore the threads that say some try it on. Yours says plus VAT so all prices are excluding VAT.
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