hm revenue & customs

Contracted-out services (COS) Heading 69 – Typing, secretarial, telephonist and clerical services including agency staff – no retrospective action

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has now confirmed in a new letter issued to NHS Trusts that it does not intend to raise assessments to claw back VAT said to have been over-recovered under COS heading 69 in periods prior to 1st April 2014.  This is following the previous letter issued in February 2014, which [...]

June 23rd, 2015|Categories: NHS VAT News Archives|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Contracted-out services (COS) Heading 69 – Typing, secretarial, telephonist and clerical services including agency staff – no retrospective action

Fleming VAT Claims – Encouraging Development

The First Tier Tribunal (FTT) has published its findings in respect of North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust appeal. This is encouraging news for NHS Trusts which still have outstanding ‘Fleming’ VAT claims which are dependent upon HMRC accepting ‘entitlement’. We submitted claims to HMRC on our client’s behalf back in 2009, for various [...]

Changes to Contracted-Out Services (COS) VAT Rules – Update

As most NHS bodies are aware, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has been actively reviewing the interpretation of the Treasury Direction COS VAT guidance.  This is following the aborted attempt earlier this year to impose the more restrictive Government Department (GD) rules on the NHS.  At the time, HMRC was forced to back down and [...]

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Tax Point Rules – Temporary ‘Relaxation’ in HM Revenue & Customs’ Approach

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) issued a letter to the NHS in December 2013 stating 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 dated, or [...]

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