leshoward

Member Since: 9th Jun 1999

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Hi, I am a VAT Consultant, working mainly with charities. I am based in Cambridgeshire

I have over 20 years experience in VAT, and am currently also a part-time member of the Tax Tribunals.

Les Howard

VAT Consultant

vatadvice.org

14th Jun 2019

HMRC has lost a significant VAT case concerning a charity which provides payroll services to disabled persons. The charity successfully...

1st Nov 2018

Thanks to the Wellcome Trust Ltd ( TC06761 ), the first tier tribunal (FTT) has decided an important VAT issue in favour of the charitable...

17th Apr 2018

VAT expert Les Howard outlines a number of basics and pitfalls around deregistering for VAT. There are two basic circumstances in which you...

21st Aug 2017

Les Howard explains how a tiny charity defeated HMRC at the tax tribunal over the method it uses to calculate the amount of input VAT it...

2nd Feb 2017

Les Howard identifies a hidden - or not so hidden - cost for charities that buy in services from suppliers abroad. A particular ‘anomaly’...

16th Feb 2015

The Upper Tier Tribunal has dismissed an appeal in the case of Anthony Barkas . The case was first heard at the First Tier Tribunal in...

22nd Jan 2015

A lot of material has appeared online about the Mini One Stop Shop (MOSS) in the past few weeks - much of it misguided, writes Les Howard...

1st Apr 2013

Opinions will vary as to the most significant VAT cases over the past 40 years, writes VAT Advice's Les Howard. I did think of RSA’s ‘...

9th Mar 2012

It seems more people are taking an interest in VAT. That can only be good news for those who make a living from the indirect tax, writes...