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Getting VAT back on commerical.

  • 05-12-2013 09:01PM
    #1
    BillyBoy13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭


    Lads just a quick question.

    Im in the market for a new work van and just wondering what way the VAT works.

    Do I pay the whole price now and get the VAT back later on.

    Or do I just the pay the "excluding VAT" price or what way does it work.

    It would be shocking handy if I didn't have to pay VAT up front, I would be able to look at younger models.


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  • #2
    lifer_sean
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 890 ✭✭✭lifer_sean


    AFAIK you pay the vat and then claim a vat credit on the invoice when you do your vat return.

    If you are buying in the UK, they may zero rate the vat for you for export. Some dealers do this, but others make you pay the vat and then give it back on proof of export (as an anti-vat-fraud measure).


  • #3
    Bpmull
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,031 ✭✭✭Bpmull


    BillyBoy13 wrote: »
    Lads just a quick question.

    Im in the market for a new work van and just wondering what way the VAT works.

    Do I pay the whole price now and get the VAT back later on.

    Or do I just the pay the "excluding VAT" price or what way does it work.

    It would be shocking handy if I didn't have to pay VAT up front, I would be able to look at younger models.

    Do you actually have a vat registered business. Ie you send in vat returns every two months. You pay the including vat price and claim back the vat.


  • #4
    George Dalton
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,728 ✭✭✭George Dalton


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Do you actually have a vat registered business. Ie you send in vat returns every two months. You pay the including vat price and claim back the vat.

    I reckon if the OP was VAT registered then they wouldn't have to ask the question in the first place....


  • #5
    BillyBoy13
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭BillyBoy13


    Bpmull wrote: »
    Do you actually have a vat registered business.

    Well its not official just yet, but I should be up and running by January. In the mean time I want to have everything ready (van, premises etc) so that on the first day I can just get straight to work and not have to spend the first month figuring all this stuff out and trying to find good deals.


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