Claiming input tax when you buy from a retailer
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As of April 2023, I will have 40 years' experience in VAT. Scary!
And I am now officially SEMI-retired.
I still work a little with vatadvice.org, the specialist VAT practice I founded, based in Cambridgeshire. I still sit on the Tax Tribunal from time to time. And I still do a very little VAT work for small charities.
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My wife and I ran a pub for 6 years and as we were free of tie on wines and spirits bought them from Asda, over £300 every week. The first twice I went to customer services and requested a tax invoice. Of course the girl had no idea but produced a pad of forms which I advised her how to complete, but it still wasn't correct as it was over £250. I gave up after a couple of weeks relying on the idea that most VAT officers would accept that Asda were registered and as I paid on my credit card which was then paid in cash, I had that plus the normal till receipt as evidence. When we did get a visit we had a sensible officer who accepted this. My point is that even large retailers are not set up to issue tax invoices, which is why traders go to more expensive cash and carries.