I have a client who is essentially a sole trader.
On the one hand he is an artist (oil paintings) and he paints and sells his pictures via a local gallery (he pays them a commission % on each sale).
On the other hand he is also a landscape gardener the rest of the time
If the 2 businesses combined had a turnover exceeding 81,000 would he need to register for VAT or are the businesses so different that he could argue they are separate businesses.
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How separate the businesses are doesn't come into it. It's who owns them. As he owns them both they are counted as one for VAT purposes. Now if he put the landscape gardening business into a company that would be different.
Yes wife becoming a partner is the other way of separating the businesses for VAT purposes.
Or even just....
Can she hold a canvas still for long periods of time?
Or even just sit still for long periods of time
Very easy for HMRC to challenge
Even easier to send them packing, based on the information provided. Now, what is all this nonsense about being sued?