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UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: magic_carpet on August 06, 2005, 01:50:42 pm

Title: vat invoice
Post by: magic_carpet on August 06, 2005, 01:50:42 pm

has any of you good peolple out there who charge "vat" got an invoice that i can look at.
this whole business of unit price and extent of services, is throwing me a bit.
i need to get some printed as i've now taken the leep "so to speak"
woundn't want to get a load done only to find out they are unusable.
many thanks
jim

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: garyj on August 06, 2005, 04:56:51 pm

Ask your printer he will know. All you need is an extra column to show your VAT charge. It might look something like this. ( But better!) Hope this helps.

                                           Price                Vat
Clean hallway & stairs          £50.00              £8.75


                        Total Net                         £50.00
                        Total VAT                         £8.75

                            TOTAL                                  £58.75
                                 

                  

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: John Kelly on August 06, 2005, 05:37:52 pm

Don't be too mystified, as long as your invoice has your address and vat registration number, shows the total for the work and the vat seperately it will do. Easy to knock one up on Excell. Just total up each item of work, sub total add vat then the total. Hardest part is remembering not to spend the vat!

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: Glynn on August 06, 2005, 06:03:45 pm

All mine has is a Sub total box £ exc vat
then a box below that stating the rate (17.5)
then below that the Total price box.
Obviously it has to have your vat reg no, and the date, and the invoice number, all the rest is up to you.

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: magic_carpet on August 08, 2005, 08:00:50 pm

cheers all.
it's a pain but i didn't want to get it wrong. spending the vat must be easy, i think i'm going to keep forgetting to charge it!!!!ouch

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: John_Flynn on August 08, 2005, 08:17:45 pm

Welcome to the world of Unpaid Tax Collecting !!!

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: Kinver_Clean on August 08, 2005, 08:22:56 pm

As long as you state your VAT no - the date- The customers name and address - the amount charged - the rate of VAT - the amount of VAT - the total amount owing then you wont go far wrong. As I understand it if you charge less than £100 total inc VAT you do not need to itemise the amounts or have the name and address  on like shop bills and till receipts. I put the lot on to be sure. Its a case of pennies looking after the pounds. As long as you have the small bits right then they may miss the bigger bits. I have had several run ins with the Cust & Excise because I never bank cash. Why pay to put it in the bank & then pay to get it out again?

Trevor

Title: Re: vat invoice
Post by: scott. on August 16, 2005, 09:31:12 pm

Why not just keep your declared earnings under the threshold & avoid the aggravation :)