VAT is never less than complex and an ever changing field. Our team, which includes ex-HMRC officers, are experts in VAT and are specialists in dealing with a range of issues from simple VAT queries to those that need nuanced and specialist attention.
VAT Advisory
Our VAT team has a range of expertise and keep abreast of the latest VAT changes. We can provide specific VAT advice to businesses, across a range of industry sectors, helping to minimise your exposure to unwanted VAT scrutiny.
Services provided by our team include:
- VAT refund opportunities & negotiation of retrospective windfalls
- Specialist VAT Packages
- Construction, land & property advice
- Resolving disputes with HMRC and assistance with VAT inspections
- Advising charities
- Advising the health and welfare sector
- Negotiating VAT recovery methods
- VAT tribunal and expert witness
- Due diligence for mergers & acquisitions
- VAT Health check
- Disclosure of VAT errors, including penalty negotiations.
We saved over £1.5m in VAT for our clients in 2018.
VAT Compliance
VAT is complex to say the least and even with the most honest intentions, a business can find itself on the wrong side of a HMRC VAT enquiry. Our expert team will help guide you through the relevant steps a business needs to ensure VAT compliance.
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Meet the team
Lisa Wilson
Partner
Paul Hammond
Partner, Indirect Tax
Andy Ball
Partner
James Greenhalgh
Director
Georges Daubney
Partner
Michelle Wilson
Tax Director
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