Purchasing equipment

**Contreras** · 15 November 2013, 01:32

Originally posted by zappakat View Post

So I've cleared it with my accountant that provided I purchase all the items from the same company on the same invoice and it is in excess of £2000 I can claim the VAT back on purchasing the items I need to build my works computer.

However not too sound stupid I just want to make sure I don't make a mistake.

All the items I want to buy are through Amazon, however my email address is already registered with them.
I've added my business bank card as an additional card and put down my invoice address with the name of my company at the top (although the address is the same)

Is that enough or will that cause an issue?
One way around it I guess would be to create a one off new email account but that seems a bit OTT.

I'm assuming someone has already been down this road?
Possibly not put the right terms in the site search.

Regards
Z

What VAT rate do Amazon use? Might not be the 20% you're expecting.

It's by no means OTT to run all company affairs through a separate email address. Assume you're already doing this already and so how much extra effort can it be to set up a separate Amazon account?

If not then get a domain for YourCo and have zappakat@..., purchasing@..., accounts@..., etc. all goes to the same mailbox but looks professional and easier to filter.

**DirtyDog** · 15 November 2013, 09:10

Originally posted by zappakat View Post

So I've cleared it with my accountant that provided I purchase all the items from the same company on the same invoice and it is in excess of £2000 I can claim the VAT back on purchasing the items I need to build my works computer.

However not too sound stupid I just want to make sure I don't make a mistake.

All the items I want to buy are through Amazon, however my email address is already registered with them.
I've added my business bank card as an additional card and put down my invoice address with the name of my company at the top (although the address is the same)

Is that enough or will that cause an issue?
One way around it I guess would be to create a one off new email account but that seems a bit OTT.

I'm assuming someone has already been down this road?
Possibly not put the right terms in the site search.

Regards
Z

I'd have thought it was enough, but you might want to ask this question in the Accounting / Legal sub-forum rather than in the Welcome section.

**SimonMac** · 15 November 2013, 09:58

Originally posted by zappakat View Post

So I've cleared it with my accountant that provided I purchase all the items from the same company on the same invoice and it is in excess of £2000 I can claim the VAT back on purchasing the items I need to build my works computer.

However not too sound stupid I just want to make sure I don't make a mistake.

All the items I want to buy are through Amazon, however my email address is already registered with them.
I've added my business bank card as an additional card and put down my invoice address with the name of my company at the top (although the address is the same)

Is that enough or will that cause an issue?
One way around it I guess would be to create a one off new email account but that seems a bit OTT.

I'm assuming someone has already been down this road?
Possibly not put the right terms in the site search.

Regards
Z

Be careful with Amazon, although its one site it might be many separate resellers who could give you multiple invoices.

**zappakat** · 15 November 2013, 10:03

Cheers Simon, yeah I'm already checking that each item is stated as "Dispatched from and sold by Amazon."

Didn't think there would be a change to the VAT rate, I assumed that as my company was UK based that the VAT being charged to my company would be 20%?
I'll check it now.

**northernladuk** · 15 November 2013, 10:10

Originally posted by DirtyDog View Post

I'd have thought it was enough, but you might want to ask this question in the Accounting / Legal sub-forum rather than in the Welcome section.

Or even try searching first....

**zappakat** · 15 November 2013, 10:18

To be fair I did search first, obviously using Amazon as a search term provides a lot of irrelevant hits...

**northernladuk** · 15 November 2013, 11:16

Originally posted by zappakat View Post

To be fair I did search first, obviously using Amazon as a search term provides a lot of irrelevant hits...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=am...m=122&ie=UTF-8

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=am...ntractoruk.com

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=am...ntractoruk.com

**zappakat** · 6 December 2013, 00:08

So I registered with Amazon under my business account, gave them my VAT number and waited for verification from them before purchasing.

Bought x amount of goods, all direct through Amazon and all on one order.

I couldn't check my VAT invoice as they don't generate one until all items have been dispatched.
So I checked it tonight and even though it is all on one order they have billed and invoiced as each bundle of items has been dispatched. That's 6 vat invoices for one order.

I can't understand why Amazon would think this is how I want to do it, do they assume as a business I don't want to claim the VAT back?

I've emailed them and am awaiting a response, does this sound like I'll have to send the things back? I mean we're talking £400 of VAT.

**Ticktock** · 6 December 2013, 06:51

Originally posted by zappakat View Post

I can't understand why Amazon would think this is how I want to do it, do they assume as a business I don't want to claim the VAT back?

I've emailed them and am awaiting a response, does this sound like I'll have to send the things back? I mean we're talking £400 of VAT.

More like they don't think / care that you're on FRS and could claim the VAT back no matter how they invoice.

Try contacting them and see whether they can issue a single invoice.

Purchasing equipment