How to claim VAT paid to EU

b_Gaff

I am vat registered in UK but due to a recent admin error had to pay vat on an invoice from a Spanish company. The goods are zero rated in the UK.
How do I reclaim this £600 odd
thanks in advance for your help

00ec25

by using google.....

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-refunds-for-uk-businesses-buying-from-other-eu-countries

note:
a) minimum value threshold
b) timing and deadline for claiming

CityLite

00ec25 wrote: »

by using google..... (I assume you know what that is?)

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-refunds-for-uk-businesses-buying-from-other-eu-countries

note:
a) minimum value threshold
b) timing and deadline for claiming

I presume the 'goods' referred to purchased by the OP, which includes £600 odd in Spanish VAT, were purchased for the purposes of resale.

What cannot be refunded

You cannot get a refund for:

• ...
• goods or services you buy for resale

That particular scheme is really only intended for recovery of VAT spent on expenses incurred in other EU countries e.g. hotel billing, etc

:cool:

Pennywise

You really would be better to go back to the supplier and grovel and ask them to re-invoice you without VAT.

CityLite

b_Gaff wrote: »

I am vat registered in UK but due to a recent admin error had to pay vat on an invoice from a Spanish company. The goods are zero rated in the UK.
How do I reclaim this £600 odd
thanks in advance for your help

I'm sorry, but I do not know the answer to your question for sure, but perhaps I can give you some 'starters for ten'

1. In the first instance, I would suggest you seek the guidance of your accountant.
2. Contact the HMRC VAT Helpline. I have always found them most helpful with all enquires regarding VAT. However, do not be surprised if they say they cannot help you directly with your refund. However, they may be able to provide a better answer than I can.
3. Contact the supplier, explain the administrative error you have referred to, and see if they can assist you perhaps by issuing a revised invoice.
4. If all else fails, you may need to contact the Spanish equivilent to HMRC. In my limited experience of dealing with any Spanish authority, you should expect that they will only deal with you if you communicate in Spanish, and expect any response also to be in Spanish
That could end up costing you more than £600 in professional translation services.
Also, don't expect any response before 'mañana'

00ec25

CityLite wrote: »

I presume the 'goods' referred to purchased by the OP, which includes £600 odd in Spanish VAT, were purchased for the purposes of resale.

:cool:

indeed, and why I said use google.
All you need to do is find the facts and read them to arrive at the answer yourself...
which is exactly the same source as accountants use, hence Pennywise went straight for the correct answer, insist on a re-invoice

as a B2B transaction the business is expected to know the rules and therefore to refuse the invoice upon receipt if incorrectly calculated

CityLite

00ec25 wrote: »

indeed, and why I said use google.
All you need to do is find the facts and read them to arrive at the answer yourself...
which is exactly the same source as accountants use, hence Pennywise went straight for the correct answer, insist on a re-invoice

as a B2B transaction the business is expected to know the rules and therefore to refuse the invoice upon receipt if incorrectly calculated

Is that so?

Makes one wonder why anyone would spend all that time, trouble and expense of learning accountancy. Similarly why such professionals can get away with charging the fees they do, when anyone can do all this for free simply by googling ... :cool:

00ec25

CityLite wrote: »

Is that so?

Makes one wonder why anyone would spend all that time, trouble and expense of learning accountancy. Similarly why such professionals can get away with charging the fees they do, when anyone can do all this for free simply by googling ... :cool:

why do you think I posted the link, the accountancy knowledge is knowing that there is a process that can be looked up. There is no need to write out the facts when they can simply be read.
If unable to understand said facts, then by all means come back for help in interpretation/application since for that we have more experience at it

bengalknights

You need to ask the supplier for a VAT credit note and then request the refund of overpayment.

seatbeltnoob

CityLite wrote: »

That particular scheme is really only intended for recovery of VAT spent on expenses incurred in other EU countries e.g. hotel billing, etc

:cool:

I had to buy supplies for a client as I was registering for VAT. I didn't have my VAT number to hand at the time of placing my order. tried to claim back this way for goods mailed to me, and the dutch tax autorities just ignored my request twice, no reply.


I did ask the seller to re-invoice me, despite being a repeat customer for 2 years, the company wouldn't re-invoice me. They treated me like I was asking them to do VAT fraud, I showed my VAT registrations documents and showed them that my VAT registration started before my order date. Just didn't receive the VAT number in time.



They were hell to deal with generally, that should have been my warning sign they have bad customer service.

b_Gaff

Pennywise wrote: »

You really would be better to go back to the supplier and grovel and ask them to re-invoice you without VAT.

I have tried this but they said no they cannot issue another invoice/amended invoice