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Readers’ forum: UK invoicing procedures

30 September 2024
Issue: 4955 / Categories: Forum & Feedback , Business
US university presses

Our client a UK company is owned equally by three US university presses which are all treated as non-taxable in the US. As a standalone company it is a SME.

It provides sales services and UK-based employees are employed via the payroll to obtain sales for the university press books which are imported and distributed in the UK. The UK company is a vehicle for the university presses to employ a UK sales team.

Currently there is a cost plus 5% agreement – the UK company incurs costs (rent payroll travel etc) and is recharging to universities on a cost plus 5% basis as advised by their previous agent.

In practice the universities only send cash to cover the upcoming spend as and when requested the 5% has never been paid over and is creating a debtor balance in the accounts. The...

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