VAT liability advice (including grants and funding)

Charities and not for profits face a VAT question almost daily:

• Should I charge VAT on supplies of staff to other local organisations? Are there any concessions? What about joint working arrangements?

• We’re building a property, that is a mixed-use development – we need to know how much VAT will be charged on the build before we get the go ahead? The landlord has opted to tax, but we thought we didn’t have to pay VAT. What do we do?

• We’re running an event for fundraising purposes, and we have local businesses sponsoring us – is VAT due on any of the income we receive?  How do we distinguish between exempt fundraising, taxable sponsorship and non-business donations?

• Is this new income stream a grant, funding or payment for services?

These are just a handful of examples that are everyday issues for the sector.  We can help you to navigate through everyday VAT compliance, and the more unusual, one-off issues – contact us here.