VAT
VAT Services: Value-Added Tax Compliance and Strategy
Value Added Tax can often be a challenging aspect of accounting for any business with its ever-changing landscape and is key to financial planning. Here at Ellacotts, our VAT team are specialists in helping mitigate VAT risks, improve cashflow and highlight opportunities to reduce the tax burden.
We can help with the following:
- VAT registration and deregistration
- VAT health checks
- Ad-hoc queries and unusual transactions
- Error corrections
- HMRC compliance checks
- Cross-border transactions whether it’s the supply of goods, services or both
- VAT planning
- VAT schemes
- DIY VAT refund applications
- Mergers & acquisitions due diligence
- Partial Exemption
- Advisory projects
We have experience working with a wide variety of clients spanning all sectors from startups to multinational companies. Any business can run into difficulties due to the complexities of VAT, this is where our specialists will help guide you to ensure the highest level of compliance. Our areas of expertise lie within business sections such as:
- Land and property
- Charities
- Education
- Agriculture
- Health and welfare
- Sport
Sectors we work with
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Business services
Audit & assurance
Business protection assurance
Business tax planning
Capitalise business funding
Corporate finance consulting
Corporate tax
Employee ownership trust
Exit strategies
Forensic services
IR35
Mergers, acquisitions & disposals
Outsourced bookkeeping & VAT
Patent box tax
R&D tax relief
Share schemes & employee benefits
Specialist corporation tax services
Start up advice
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We are proud to be recognised as a Top 100 Accountancy firm in the Accountancy Age 2024 survey. We are longstanding and active UK200Group members, and affiliate members of AGN, an international association of accountants. We have One Star Best Companies status, reflecting our commitment to being a great workplace. As a Xero Platinum Partner, we are dedicated to supporting our clients in online accounting.
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