VAT & Indirect Taxes

The latest locum doctor VAT ruling and HMRC Brief 9/2025 create a major refund opportunity for medical staffing suppliers. See who is affected and what to do next.

Understand HMRC VAT refund inspections and how to protect your business from unexpected financial consequences.

A broker that is registered for VAT and successfully claiming refunds on input VAT from HMRC might consider that its historic refunds are secure.  Unfortunately, this is not the case, as Mark Ellis explains.

Mark Ellis, VAT Partner explores the implications for businesses making VAT-exempt supplies. Read more.

Discover the pros and cons of VAT group registration for brokers, including HMRC challenges, VAT savings, and compliance risks.

Hastings Insurance’s VAT tribunal win might unlock significant input VAT savings, impacting UK insurance intermediaries positively.

VAT rules can be mind-boggling at the best of times. We highlight frequent areas of confusion for brokers and MGAs, and explain the relevant guidelines.

Businesses in residential construction often assume their supplies are mostly subject to the 0% VAT rate. This article highlights the key points.

What happens when a business considers claiming back VAT incurred on expenditure, via its VAT return to HMRC? Mark Ellis, VAT Partner provides a guide.

Rarely does a definition matter so much and have so many implications for VAT. We look at the confusions often caused by misinterpretation of the term.

A significant VAT dispute with HMRC reached the First-tier Tribunal decision stage in December. Mark Ellis focuses on the key takeaways regarding ‘reasonable care’.

It’s easier than you think to fall foul of the complicated VAT rules for natural resources holding companies. We help you steer through the obstacles.  

Following a relatively unnoticed change to VAT law on 1 January 2023 which is likely to bring significant revenue to HMRC in future years, we provide an example to illustrate how these changes can affect your business.

When it’s time to complete your VAT return, early preparation will save you pain and potentially costly penalties later. 

VAT Partner, Mark Ellis explains why just because an HMRC VAT review doesn’t result in a VAT assessment doesn’t necessarily mean that HMRC agrees with what you’re doing.