Advice from the Experts
VAT Specialists Limited are independent Chartered Tax Advisors and is run by well known VAT specialist and author Andrew Needham.
VAT Specialists Limited are independent Chartered Tax Advisors and is run by well known VAT specialist and author Andrew Needham.
If HMRC will not initially withdraw an assessment or a contested ruling, our consultants will be able to advise you on the appeals process and carry forward to a Tribunal hearing using the HMRC Internal Review system. We can also provide advice and help on how to proceed with cases involving surcharges, penalties and interest and civil and criminal fraud.
We offer a comprehensive daily telephone helpline service for clients to help resolve everyday problems. Wherever possible, we will try to give an initial and immediate answer on all kinds of VAT issues. Where appropriate, this initial advice can be followed up with written advice or a face-to-face meeting.
We can provide VAT health checks to pinpoint potential problems before they have the chance to cause real difficulties. Having examined your VAT affairs we can recommend ways to potentially improve efficiency, cash – flow and create savings.
We can help you obtain refunds of VAT incurred in other Member States of the EU.
Our associate duty and excise consultant can advise on all aspects of customs duty and excise duty, which is a specialist area within indirect tax. Advice can be given on global and EU movements of goods, commodity code issues, customs warehousing planning, and international rates of duty. Advice is also available on excise duties issues and appeals, with particular expertise in the brewing industry.