No trick questions
This is a standard check and nothing to worry about. It doesn't necessarily mean your accountant has done anything wrong in the application.
My understanding is they they are not entirely random checks. If your accountant has only recently started submitting a high volume of VAT registrations for its clients then they are more likely to be checked.
I've come across this once before for a client and the matter got resolved very quickly and with little fuss. From memory, I provided my client with a purchase invoice for some accountancy services. I explained to HMRC that my client had started a contract but not yet invoiced the client, hence no sales invoice.
The matter actually got resolved by email! Yes that's right - email! HMRC have email. That almost deserves to be a thread in it's own right!
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Well my accountants aren't particularly clever, if you catch my drift.
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Originally posted by rashm2k View PostCommercially sensitive no? I don't want HMRC knowing my day rate, that's between me and my client.
I thought my accountant should be doing it, but they seem to be a little lazy, going to change them once this is done.
And although section 4 gives some examples of what to include it states it's not an exhaustive list - hence my question.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI dunno if I got lucky, but SJD got me VAT registered before I'd done anything whatsoever with the company apart from make a handful of purchases.
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Originally posted by vwdan View PostI dunno if I got lucky, but SJD got me VAT registered before I'd done anything whatsoever with the company apart from make a handful of purchases.
Nixon Williams sorted it all out for me.
Dunno who rash is signed up with but they clearly aren't doing their jobs properly.
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I have never had any VAT registration turned down in 14 years and multiple companies?
I have had phone calls from HMRC when registering, on 2 occasions, and I think that were to establish that I was actually trading?
What happened when you phoned them to ask why your registration was denied and what was actually missing?
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I hadn't started invoicing when I got registered. In fact, I was VAT registered before I even had my bank account. I think Nixon Williams had an arrangement with Cater Allen where they could get the account number allocated immediately so they could go ahead with the VAT registration. Another reason to let an accountant handle it, it's what you pay them for.
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Originally posted by TheCyclingProgrammer View PostI assume HMRC want some evidence of trading and making VATable supplies. Contract would be evidence of this.
Agree with the concensus that your accountant should be doing this.
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Originally posted by stek View PostCertificate of Incorporation?
Agree with the concensus that your accountant should be doing this.
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Ok fair enough, but looking to see what else I should be including?
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Originally posted by rashm2k View PostCommercially sensitive no? I don't want HMRC knowing my day rate, that's between me and my client.
I thought my accountant should be doing it, but they seem to be a little lazy, going to change them once this is done.
And although section 4 gives some examples of what to include it states it's not an exhaustive list - hence my question.
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Originally posted by Pondlife View PostWhy on earth would you want to do that?
I thought my accountant should be doing it, but they seem to be a little lazy, going to change them once this is done.
And although section 4 gives some examples of what to include it states it's not an exhaustive list - hence my question.
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