NHS & Government Sector
CRS VAT Consulting is an independent firm of chartered tax advisers specialising in VAT. Since establishing our firm in 2002 we have grown to become a leading provider of VAT services to the NHS. We have achieved this by consistently identifying increased levels of VAT recovery for our NHS clients.
We can boast a 100% success rate of improving our client’s VAT savings, especially in areas overlooked by previous advisers. We often ‘re-review’ areas previously reviewed by our competitors and secure further VAT savings. All of these additional savings are agreed by HMRC. Our innovation and attention to detail means that we are continually working on new ideas to enable our clients to legitimately save VAT.
Our credentials can be checked with the Chartered Institute of Taxation, which is the senior professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with all aspects of taxation.
Tailored Services
We appreciate that the level of in-house VAT expertise varies from client to client, which is why we provide a completely flexible and tailored approach in achieving maximum VAT savings and compliance for our clients.
You can choose to engage us on a one-off assignment, or benefit from a comprehensive range of VAT services relevant to your organisation. We do not provide ‘one size fits all’ VAT services.
NHS & Government Services
- Revenue contracted-out services VAT recovery
- Capital VAT planning
- Business activities and partial exemption
- VAT training
- VAT advisory
- Consultancy & Technical Support
Revenue contracted-out services VAT recovery
We carry out extensive reviews of all purchase invoices and supporting documentation
processed in a given period to identify under-claimed or over-claimed VAT.
These reviews are enhanced with further investigation and cross-checking to
make sure nothing is missed or duplicated. Furthermore, we can provide these
reviews monthly or quarterly to ensure better cashflow.
Capital VAT planning
We review each of your capital schemes individually to determine a VAT recovery
percentage based upon current best practice and HMRC guidelines.
This work can be completed at the outset of schemes to produce accurate VAT
recovery percentages to be applied to invoices as they are processed, ensuring
maximum cashflow.
Business activities and partial exemption
We recognise that many NHS organisations differ from one another and we are
committed to producing ‘tailored’ recovery methods of maximising
input tax recovery and reducing the impact of partial exemption.
We also ensure that you are compliant in declaring output tax where appropriate.
VAT training
We provide a complete range of training packages tailored specifically to enhance your in-house VAT knowledge. These can be structured as half-day workshops where your staff can focus on specific areas of uncertainty and can also be designed to give your staff a good basic understanding of VAT and how it affects the NHS.
VAT advisory
We have the technical capacity to provide VAT advice on a range of issues which may affect your organisation. This can include:
- VAT cost reduction reviews
- PFI and LIFT contract VAT advice
- VAT treatment of land and property transactions
- Review of partnership arrangements
- Review and implementation of managed service contracts
- Review of IT services and infrastructure
- Consideration of ‘Lennartz’
- Arrangements with charitable trustees
- Cold take-away food zero-rating reviews
- Reduced VAT rate fuel reviews
- Charitable funds VAT compliance health-checks