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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Frequently Asked Questions & Useful Resources => Topic started by: markh on March 05, 2010, 09:00:17 am

Title: VAT Registered
Post by: markh on March 05, 2010, 09:00:17 am

just about to start up on my own, im not sure i quite grasp the VAT registering process and wondered what other window cleaners do.

I know that if your income is £68k than you have to be VAT registered but in general is it a good idea to become vat registered so that i can claim the vat back on purchases for the business and if i do does that mean i have to charge my customers vat for doing their windows?

Thanks in advance for any help. 

Title: Re: VAT Registered
Post by: paul rulton on March 05, 2010, 01:06:00 pm

if ur doin domestic work good luck with tryin 2 put vat on 2 ur custys....... cause u wont ave any :(
2b vat reg u really got 2way it up, sometimes it just wont b cost affective. u should speak 2ur acc. ;)

Title: Re: VAT Registered
Post by: markh on March 10, 2010, 08:40:46 am

thanks mate,

the last thing i want to do is scare of custys by charging them vat, so basically i cant claim the vat back on purchases without charging custys vat?

Title: Re: VAT Registered
Post by: Premier Cleaning on March 14, 2010, 09:01:09 am

Thats the bottom line bud...Untill you get to a large size where youre doing lots of commercial work
aim to keep under the VAT threshold..its an additional headache you dont need.Giving 17.5% of your prices to the goverment is no fun  :)