Tax Point - VAT

Tax Point

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My client gives services to their customers. The customers make a booking online and pay via that method ahead of the service. The services offered are sometimes vatable and some are exempt. I know the rules say that the tax point for VAT purposes is the earlier of when the payment is received and date of service. So the VAT should be recognised when they pay in this case, however it's just quite hard to trace back the payment to when the service was provided and i need to do this in order to record the VAT correctly. It would be easier if i recognised the sale on the date of the service and reconciled the payments after that, but i know this may mean the tax point is recognised wrongly now. Is my understanding correct or not, or does anyone have any suggestions. I'm using Xero to complete all this. 

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