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Ringing the changes

09 November 2010 / Neil Warren
Issue: 4280 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , VAT
NEIL WARREN considers the simplifying revamp for the place of supply rules from 1 January 2011

KEY POINTS

  • A recap of the changes from January 2010.
  • Place of performance of supply changes from January 2011.
  • Practical scenarios and the answers to them.
  • The rules for the purchase of services from abroad.
  • New domestic VAT charges.

January 2011 will be a big month in the VAT calendar. I am not just referring to the fact that we will all be enjoying a 20% rate of VAT with effect from 4 January but also because important changes are taking effect three days earlier in relation to the rules that apply when a business sells certain services to overseas customers.

The aim of these latter changes is to simplify existing rules and for the cynics among you who assume that ‘tax simplicity’ is a disguised Latin word for ‘tax complexity’.

These...

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