How far back can I Voluntarily Register for VAT (without being fined)?
September 2, 2022
You can voluntarily backdate your VAT Registration Date for a maximum of 4 years from the date your application was received. This can be done without penalties providing you are genuinely a voluntary registration for VAT and not a mandatory registration.
Example
If your company incorporation date was 17th December 2016 and you submit your VAT registration application on 2nd September 2022, your earliest VAT registration date would be 3 September 2018.
It is important to note that you need to charge VAT on all your historic sales from your VAT registration date, so you need to ensure that you are genuinely able to recover the VAT from your customers in this period. If you are not able to do this, then you need to be sure that your input VAT reclaims are going to exceed your output VAT charges for this backdated period.
The golden rule when claiming business expenses is that the cost must be “wholly and exclusively” for business purposes. So, where do you stand when it comes to food and drink? After all, everyone needs these things to survive. When does it become an allowable expense? Read on to find out when your business can claim food and drink as an expense.
If you are sixteen and over, self-employed (sole trader or in a partnership) and making a profit befitting the ‘small profits threshold’, you are liable to pay national insurance.
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The provision of food and drink to an employee by their employer is a lovely thing to do. Eventually, it promotes teamwork, loyalty, a sense of belonging and even improves productivity. Taking it at face value makes it look like a simple act of kindness. However, unless it is done correctly, it can cause tax and national insurance compliance issues for the employer.
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