International VAT (UK Presence)

Companies with a UK presence supplying goods and services must work with the UK’s VAT regulations, namely the UK VAT Act (1994). Professional advice is strongly recommended to international companies in the UK to ensure you comply fully with this complex regulatory framework and with your obligations to the UK’s taxation authority, HMRC.

Tailored VAT advice designed specifically for companies entering the UK market will ensure that your organisation is correctly registered for VAT in the UK. The advisers from The Proactive Consultancy Group can also help you to optimise your VAT processes to identify the most tax efficient ways of navigating the UK’s VAT system.

The UK’s VAT regulations evolve constantly, and by bringing a specialist taxation adviser on board to keep you abreast of the latest changes, you will ensure that you stay compliant, avoiding VAT-related challenges.

The Proactive Consultancy Group’s suite of international VAT advisory services for companies entering the UK market include:

• UK VAT advisory
• VAT compliance support
• VAT opportunity review

We work on a fee-on-success basis for complete transparency.

UK VAT Advisory

As part of our VAT advisory service, we will review your company’s VAT exposure to give you a secure understanding of your UK VAT obligations as you enter or expand into the UK.

We can also analyse your cross-border transactions to uncover potential efficiencies, and clarify VAT treatment in the context of an international supply chain. We provide guidance on import and export VAT. We can give advice on place of supply considerations, and review your reverse charge decision-making to ensure you have correctly identified where supplies and services should be taxed.

VAT Compliance Support

Our tax advisers have extensive experience working for international companies, and also with HMRC. So we are ideally placed to communicate and liaise with HMRC on your behalf, managing correspondence and VAT return compliance and ongoing VAT governance and controls.

We can handle VAT registrations and de-registrations on your behalf, as well as ensuring you meet international VAT reporting requirements.

VAT Opportunity Review

Our VAT opportunity review is a comprehensive assessment of a company’s VAT processes and risk areas that will highlight potential VAT recovery opportunities available to global organisations doing business in the UK.

As well as improving efficiency, a VAT review by an expert UK tax adviser can also identify historic errors or missed claims.

1. Assessment

Our initial review of your UK activities and VAT position will allow us to understand business operations while reviewing your UK presence and transaction flows. This review will identify potential compliance requirements and VAT opportunities, providing a preliminary view of risks, obligations and potential value.

2. Case Validation

We will then validate your case to determine whether there is a viable recovery opportunity. Our validation process includes a detailed technical review of your transaction flows, assessing available evidence and supporting documentation against VAT legislation and HMRC guidance.

The outcome will be a clear recommendation on whether to proceed.

3. Engagement

When you engage The Proactive Consultancy Group’s UK VAT advisers, you can be assured that you will pay no upfront professional fees. Our transparent engagement structure includes an agreed strategy and project plan with a defined scope featuring a clear statement of what outcomes you can expect.

4. Delivery

We will then execute the agreed VAT advisory or compliance solution, including technical analysis and preparation of supporting documentation. We will engage with HMRC if required, and provide support with implementation of compliance improvements.

The outcome will be a corrected, optimised or formalised VAT position.

5. Fee Only on Success

We only take a fee if there is a successful outcome, and our fees are aligned with the results we achieve. This commercially aligned approach ensures that we focus on delivering measurable value to our clients in the form of realised savings, recoveries or resolved compliance issues.

Who Is our UK VAT Advisory Service Suitable For?

The Proactive Consultancy Group’s UK VAT advisory service client list includes:

• International Businesses with a UK Presence
• Overseas companies trading in the UK
• UK subsidiaries of global groups
• International organisations with UK customers or suppliers

We have extensive experience providing VAT services to companies in these sectors:

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Common VAT Challenges We Help Companies with a UK Presence to Solve

• UK Market Entry
• VAT registration requirements
• Establishment considerations
• Initial compliance setup
• Cross-Border Trade
• Imports and exports
• EU and non-EU transactions
• Supply chain complexity
• VAT Recovery
• Overpaid VAT
• Unclaimed input VAT
• Historic VAT opportunities
• Compliance Risk
• HMRC enquiries
• Process weaknesses
• International VAT inconsistencies