NHS VAT News Archives

Summer Statement 2020 – VAT

Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced specific VAT cuts to help the hospitality sector across the UK recover from the effects of lockdown. Whilst these measures have been brought in principally to support the high street they nonetheless also apply to hospitality services provided by public bodies, including the NHS. From 15 [...]

July 9th, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Summer Statement 2020 – VAT

PPE VAT Relief Period Extended

HM Revenue & Customs has announced today that the end date for the temporary VAT zero-rating of supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in connection with coronavirus has been changed from 31 July 2020 to 31 October 2020. The zero-rate came into effect from 1 May and covers supplies recommended for use in connection with [...]

July 3rd, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , |Comments Off on PPE VAT Relief Period Extended

Domestic Reverse Charge (DRC) delayed to 1 March 2021

HMRC has announced that the introduction of the DRC for construction services will be delayed for a further period of 5 months from 1 October 2020 until 1 March 2021, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the construction sector. There will also be an amendment to the original legislation, to make it a [...]

June 8th, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Domestic Reverse Charge (DRC) delayed to 1 March 2021

VAT zero-rating for PPE

HM Revenue & Customs announced on 30 April a temporary zero-rate of VAT on supplies of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in connection with coronavirus. The zero-rate comes into effect from 1 May to 31 July 2020 and covers supplies recommended for use in connection with protection from coronavirus in guidance published by Public Health England.These [...]

May 1st, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , |Comments Off on VAT zero-rating for PPE

COS VAT estimates and 6 month deadline extension

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has today announced some further easements in VAT accounting for the NHS due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation.Full details of the easements are shown on the attached letter, but to summarise:COS VAT estimationIt has been recognised that some organisations may not be able to submit accurate COS VAT claims.Requests for [...]

April 7th, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , |Comments Off on COS VAT estimates and 6 month deadline extension

VAT and duty relief for COVID-19 imports

The Government is allowing NHS and other state and authorised non-state bodies to pay no import duty and VAT on protective equipment, relevant medical devices or equipment brought into the UK from non-EU countries during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.It is unclear whether this relief will apply to subsidiary companies, but a non-state body can request [...]

April 1st, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , |Comments Off on VAT and duty relief for COVID-19 imports

Free NHS Car Parking

From April 2020 all 206 hospital Trusts in England will be expected to provide free car parking to groups that may be frequent hospital visitors, or those disproportionately impacted by daily or hourly charges for parking, including: • Blue badge holders• Frequent outpatients who have to attend regular appointments to manage long-term conditions Free parking [...]

January 31st, 2020|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , |Comments Off on Free NHS Car Parking

Revision of the Intermediaries Legislation for the Public Sector

Last year, HMRC published a discussion document on improving the effectiveness of the intermediaries’ legislation (IR35). This has now been followed by a consultation document issued on 26 May with an end date of 18 August. The proposal in the consultation document is that the Government will reform the intermediaries’ rules for ‘off-payroll’ engagements of [...]

June 7th, 2016|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Comments Off on Revision of the Intermediaries Legislation for the Public Sector

VAT Contracted out Services (COS) Guidance – Government departments and NHS bodies – Latest Tranche (2) issued 12 October 2015 – Common Questions

As you will be aware, the VAT government and public bodies manual (VATGPB) is being transferred from the HMRC website to GOV.UK. NHS bodies received an interim document which advised them to treat its contents as current guidance for the VAT Contracted – Out Services Headings. The document included some changes to the first tranche [...]

March 23rd, 2016|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Comments Off on VAT Contracted out Services (COS) Guidance – Government departments and NHS bodies – Latest Tranche (2) issued 12 October 2015 – Common Questions

Advice on the correct timing for COS VAT recovery for NHS bodies

Our newsletter dated 12th June 2014 explained that HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) had informed the NHS that the proper tax point (time of supply) rules should be applied to Contracted-out services (COS) VAT recovery. This meant that COS VAT should be claimed on the VAT return for the period in which the invoice is [...]

July 30th, 2015|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Advice on the correct timing for COS VAT recovery for NHS bodies