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Crisis? What crisis?

04 February 2009 / Neil Warren
Issue: 4192 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , VAT
NEIL WARREN considers VAT measures that can help the financial position of a business during the economic downturn

KEY POINTS

  • Reclaiming VAT on bad debts.
  • The benefits of the cash accounting scheme.
  • Substituting a payment document for an invoice.
  • Don’t forget to file online.
  • Consider reducing payments on account.

American politician Henry Kissinger famously commented in 1969: ‘There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full’.

Unfortunately the current economic climate means that many businesses are facing a financial crisis but is there any way that such a crisis can be eased or held off?

The theme of this article is to consider some of the VAT challenges that face a business when things are not going too well and provide a few ideas that will help both the cash flow position of a business and its bottom line profit.

Bad debt relief

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