VAT Health Checks That Assure Your Processes

VAT errors, missed recovery opportunities and historic process weaknesses can result in long-term material financial leakage.

The Proactive Consultancy Group’s VAT health check and recovery service provides a comprehensive review of your VAT position that will aid in identifying overpaid VAT and underclaimed input tax. Our VAT review service will flag compliance risks and reveal opportunities to improve financial performance and reduce leakage.

Included In Our Vat Health Check and Recovery Service

Our VAT health check and recovery service comprises:

  • Partial exemption review
  • Input VAT recovery audit
  • Historic VAT reclamation
  • Error correction and disclosure
  • Recommendations to improve VAT processes

Areas of VAT Processes that We Review

£302 .6 billion

UK’s gross revenue from VAT in 2025/26

Source: HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 to 2026

2,330,400  

registrations - The VAT population in 2024/25

Source: www.gov.uk

£186 billion

The UK Government’s revenue from VAT in 2025/26.

Source: HMRC Annual Report and Accounts 2025 to 2026

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Even well-managed finance functions can miss opportunities worth tens or hundreds of thousands of pounds.

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An Optimised VAT Position

Our specialists can help ensure your VAT position is both robust and optimised.

Key Benefits of The Proactive Consultancy Group’s VAT Health Check and Recovery Service

  • Recover lost VAT and improve cash flow
  • Identify historic recovery opportunities
  • Reduce exposure to HMRC challenge and penalties
  • Enhance VAT governance and controls
  • Gain independent specialist assurance

Why VAT Reviews Matter

Large and complex organisations often assume their VAT compliance processes are working as intended. However, our routine reviews of high-value businesses consistently uncover issues including:

  • VAT incorrectly treated within finance systems
  • Input VAT that has never been claimed
  • Partial exemption calculations that no longer reflect operational reality
  • Historic errors that should be disclosed to HMRC
  • VAT opportunities arising from organisational change, acquisitions or restructuring

The Proactive Consultancy Group VAT Health Check Approach

Our review combines technical VAT expertise with a practical understanding of finance operations and business processes.

Diagnostic Assessment

We review your VAT profile, registrations, sectors, systems and reporting processes to identify areas of potential risk and opportunity.

Transaction Testing

We carry out detailed sampling and analysis uncover inconsistencies, recovery issues and historic errors.

Financial Impact Assessment

We quantify potential recoveries, exposures and savings opportunities so decision makers can prioritise action.

Practical Remediation

Our advisers provide clear recommendations and support with implementation, disclosures and HMRC engagement.

How Much VAT Could Your Business Be Missing?

A comprehensive VAT health check can reveal significant recovery opportunities while strengthening compliance and reducing future risk.

Who We Help with VAT Health Checks and Recovery

The Proactive Consultancy Group provides VAT health checks to organisations in these sectors:

Why Choose The Proactive Consultancy Group?

Specialist VAT Expertise

Our advisers focus exclusively on indirect tax matters and complex VAT challenges.

Commercial Focus

We prioritise practical solutions that deliver measurable financial value.

HMRC Experience

We understand how VAT reviews, disclosures and enquiries are managed in practice.

Proven Recovery Methodology

Our structured review process helps clients identify both immediate recoveries and long-term improvements.