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Thread poster: Yigit Ati
Yigit Ati
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Jun 3, 2011

Dear colleagues,

I am writing this on behalf of my friend.

She works as a freelance translator in the UK and one of her clients asked her to put VAT number in her invoice. But, she hasn’t registered for VAT as she doesn’t earn more than £70,000 annually.

Then, her client has asked her to provide the following information:

We ask you to state if you are liable to tax. If you are not, your invoice has to include the following sentence:
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Dear colleagues,

I am writing this on behalf of my friend.

She works as a freelance translator in the UK and one of her clients asked her to put VAT number in her invoice. But, she hasn’t registered for VAT as she doesn’t earn more than £70,000 annually.

Then, her client has asked her to provide the following information:

We ask you to state if you are liable to tax. If you are not, your invoice has to include the following sentence:
"VAT not applicable, art. XX (insert article of your respective tax law) of YYY (insert name of your national tax law), member of a micro-enterprise tax regime."

Can somebody help her to solve this issue please?

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Tom in London
Tom in London
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Very simple Jun 3, 2011

atii wrote:


Dear colleagues,

I am writing this on behalf of my friend.

She works as a freelance translator in the UK and one of her clients asked her to put VAT number in her invoice. But, she hasn’t registered for VAT as she doesn’t earn more than £70,000 annually.

Then, her client has asked her to provide the following information:

We ask you to state if you are liable to tax. If you are not, your invoice has to include the following sentence:
"VAT not applicable, art. XX (insert article of your respective tax law) of YYY (insert name of your national tax law), member of a micro-enterprise tax regime."

Can somebody help her to solve this issue please?

Thanks in advance


Directly after the total invoice amount, simply write "VAT not applicable in accordance with UK law".

End of story.
 
cranium
cranium
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HMRC Notice 700 Jun 3, 2011

Agree with Tom. That wording is legally required on both quotes and invoices in France, and the specific article of law must be mentioned. So if the client insists on more precision, unless I am mistaken, the turnover threshold is defined in HMRC Notice 700 (February 2011).

[Edited at 2011-06-03 08:57 GMT]
 
Yigit Ati
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Not enough Jun 3, 2011

Dear Tom,

Thank you for your kind answer but as my friend says unfortunately, that is not enough. She needs to provide this information: VAT not applicable, art. XX (insert article of your respective tax law) of YYY (insert name of your national tax law), member of a micro-enterprise tax regime."
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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This is what my invoices say Jun 3, 2011

"Prestations de services non soumises à la TVA belge, Art.21 §2, C.TVA – Article 44, Directive 2006/112/CE"

you are free to adapt it...
 
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
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Text of the European Directive on the common system of value added tax Jun 3, 2011

http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2006:347:0001:0118:en:PDF
 
Williamson
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HMRC text Jun 3, 2011

The VAT-issue has been discussed many times
Read through the discussions on vat and you will find an answer.

Anyway, here is the link to HMRC. (Notice 1)

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The VAT-issue has been discussed many times
Read through the discussions on vat and you will find an answer.

Anyway, here is the link to HMRC. (Notice 1)

http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageExcise_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000086&propertyType=document#P224_22474 ▲ Collapse
 
Tom in London
Tom in London
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Italian to English
Important to get it right Jun 3, 2011

atii wrote:

Dear Tom,

Thank you for your kind answer but as my friend says unfortunately, that is not enough. She needs to provide this information: VAT not applicable, art. XX (insert article of your respective tax law) of YYY (insert name of your national tax law), member of a micro-enterprise tax regime."


What I suggested is enough for the UK tax authorities. Your friend should not be doing what her client is telling her to do, but what the UK tax authorities require.

What I have suggested is what I put on all my own invoices. I would not accept any request to put anything else.

I suggest your friend consult a UK accountant, as you will probably be given lots of different opinions here.

It is important that your invoices be correctly worded for the UK tax authorities.
 
Peter Shortall
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Applicable UK legislation (I think) Jun 3, 2011

This is what I put on my invoices to one of my clients:

"In accordance with **Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, in conjunction with the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2007**, no VAT is chargeable as total annual turnover is below the minimum UK threshold for VAT registration."

So unless things have changed since I was asked to include that on my invoices, that should be the applicable UK legislation. I would advise your friend to check... See more
This is what I put on my invoices to one of my clients:

"In accordance with **Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994, in conjunction with the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2007**, no VAT is chargeable as total annual turnover is below the minimum UK threshold for VAT registration."

So unless things have changed since I was asked to include that on my invoices, that should be the applicable UK legislation. I would advise your friend to check whether this is still correct, though.

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Yigit Ati
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Thank you for your help! Jun 3, 2011

She appreciates your valuable comments.
 


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