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VAT and Charities

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COURSE OBJECTIVES: The course is designed to provide a thorough explanation of the principles of VAT applicable to charities. At the end of the course, participants will have a clear understanding of the most significant compliance issues and planning opportunities.


Awareness of VAT-saving possibilities will be heightened at all staff levels within charities and for all those who make supplies to or receive supplies from them. Junior staff will become familiar with the right questions to ask and senior staff will receive clear guidance in making key decisions.


COURSE CONTENT


  • An introduction to the basic principles of VAT applicable to charities

  • Identifying the difference between business and non-business activities

  • An analysis of typical charity income streams

  • An explanation of key VAT reliefs available to charities

  • Clarification of the VAT treatment of land and property transactions relevant to charities

  • How to decide how much input tax can be claimed, including direct attribution of costs, business : non-business apportionments and partial exemption


WHO SHOULD ATTEND


The course is ideal for charity staff at all levels, who are directly or indirectly involved with VAT. It would also be particularly relevant for finance staff from other business and organisations involved in transactions with charities, and professional advisers of all of these.


"The speaker did a great job with the course, bringing clarity to a tricky topic."


Would you like this course run in-house? Call us on 0207 566 8207 to find out more


Nick Lawrence spent several years with HM Customs & Excise in the UK, specialising in partial exemption, before joining a medium sized accountancy firm in 1988 where he advised on all aspects of VAT and was latterly chairman of the national VAT committee. In January 1995, he started his own business, working from home. Nick has provided regular consultancy and training services to a wide range of clients in the UK and abroad. He has particular expertise in partial exemption, land and property, charities and social housing. Nick has also lectured extensively on VAT issues around the world and assignments have included the USA, Canada, Vietnam, Nepal, Sweden, Hungary and the Netherlands, as well as the UK. Nick was also the author of two books on VAT and served on the Editorial Board of the International VAT Monitor published by the International Bureau of Fiscal Documentation based in Amsterdam. Nick has an honours degree in Spanish with Portuguese from the University of Birmingham (2:1) and also ha

Fees (ex VAT)

Member Fee £315.00

Non Member Fee £575.00

Locations & Dates
12/06/2012 - London (09:30 am - 05:00 pm)   Speaker & Venue Details BOOK >>
06/11/2012 - London (09:30 am - 05:00 pm)   Speaker & Venue Details BOOK >>