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VAT Specialist Services

Our VAT team may identify VAT savings and opportunities

Land & Property

This is one of the most complex and difficult areas of VAT. It is vitally important to review any transactions well in advance as failure to plan ahead can prove extremely costly. We have extensive experience in these types of transactions and can provide detailed and comprehensive advice to ensure you avoid any pitfalls.

Partial Exemption

For any business, which makes exempt supplies, this is an area that is constantly changing and needs regular review. Most businesses make some exempt supplies from time to time but fail to realise the possible implications of this and how it may impact on their ability to recover input VAT in full. This is especially important for membership clubs and charities. If this affects you we have the specialist staff to help you maximise your tax recovery.

Health Checks

Worried that you have not dealt with all your VAT affairs correctly? Then let us carry out a VAT Health Check of your business. We will check that you are recovering everything you should, check that VAT is calculated correctly, carry out preinspection reviews in advance of Customs control visits, and if required, attend the visits to handle queries on your behalf. We will also provide proactive advice following any changes in legislation that may effect your business.

International Trade

Whether you are setting up a new business in the UK or EU or if you just trade overseas we can provide advice on the liability of goods/services and the recovery of VAT. Whether this is simply needing to know how to show these transactions on your VAT return or the recoverability of VAT on travel expenses in Germany we have the team to provide the answers.

Preparation of Returns

If you just need help completing your returns or need to know how to do this in conjunction with your books and records or computer system we are more than happy to provide help and assistance.

VAT consultancy

Hillier Hopkins offers a range of VAT consultancy services including: -

• VAT planning of structuring of property transactions particularly for the exempt and partly exempt sectors
• Acting as a VAT agents for overseas investors in UK property
• Negotiating partial exemption methods with Customs and Excise
• Challenging assessment by Customs and Excise and representing clients in the VAT and duties tribunal.
• Representing clients in cases where they are under investigation by the customs authorities.