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Core Tax Annual: VAT 2014/15

Core Tax Annual: VAT 2014/15

Author: Andrew Needham
Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional (formerly Tottel Publishing)
ISBN: 9781780434292
Published In: September 2014
Format: Paperback , 888 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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This accessible guide to VAT provides clear and simple coverage, enabling both professionals and non-professionals confidently to grasp current VAT law. With a wealth of practical examples and written in non-technical English, this book is an ideal guide for tax advisers dealing with VAT, and small business proprietors.

Value Added Tax 2014/15 concentrates on the rules and regulations you need to know, and highlights numerous planning points and common pitfalls. With relevant key tribunal and court decisions included, it will help to steer the reader through the latest VAT law.

Value Added Tax is split into three sections to help you:

What you must know: Including an outline of the system, VAT groups and returns, registration, charge and supply issues, what is reduced and zero rated, exceptions, credit notes and record keeping.

What you might need to know: Covers exports, imports, removals and acquisition of goods, partial exemption, Intrastat returns, partial exemption and the recovery of foreign VAT.

Special situations: Includes information on joint ventures, second-hand goods and retail schemes, annual accounting, cash accounting, flat rates, assessment and VAT penalties.

Chapter 1 How VAT works-an outline of the system
Chapter 2 Where to find the law
Chapter 3 When to register and deregister for VAT
Chapter 4 VAT groups
Chapter 5 The VAT return
Chapter 6 So what must VAT be charged on?
Chapter 7 Time of supply-when VAT must be paid
Chapter 8 The value of supply rules
Chapter 9 So what is reduced-rated?
Chapter 10 So what is zero-rated?
Chapter 11 So what is exempt?
Chapter 12 Is there one supply or two?
Chapter 13 What can a business recover input tax on?
Chapter 14 What is a valid tax invoice?
Chapter 15 Credit notes
Chapter 16 Bad debt relief
Chapter 17 What records are required?
Chapter 18 VAT housekeeping for finance directors
Chapter 19 How does a business keep up to date on changes in VAT?
Chapter 20 Exports and removals of goods
Chapter 21 Imports and acquisitions of goods
Chapter 22 EC Sales Lists and Intrastat returns
Chapter 23 Exports and imports of services
Chapter 24 Partial exemption
Chapter 25 The Capital Goods Scheme
Chapter 26 Property
Chapter 27 Recovery of foreign VAT: the 8th and 13th Directives
Chapter 28 What is a business?
Chapter 29 Agency is special
Chapter 30 Joint ventures
Chapter 31 The Second-hand Goods Scheme
Chapter 32 The Retail Schemes
Chapter 33 Annual Accounting Scheme
Chapter 34 Cash Accounting Scheme
Chapter 35 The Flat Rate Scheme for Small Businesses
Chapter 36 The Flat Rate Farmers' Scheme
Chapter 37 The Tour Operators' Margin Scheme
Chapter 38 Buying or selling a business
Chapter 39 Assessment and VAT penalties
Chapter 40 Taking an appeal to the Tribunal