- VAT inspections can be disruptive, stressful, and expensive for businesses.
- VAT inspections involve HMRC inspectors reviewing a business’s financial records for the last 4 accounting periods.
- VAT inspections can be triggered by various factors, including industry susceptibility, late or incorrect VAT returns, tip-offs, recent VAT registration or deregistration, and discrepancies on tax returns.
- HMRC may conduct pre-credibility checks to verify the genuineness of businesses and identify false or inflated VAT claims.
- Pre-credibility checks are triggered when a business submits a VAT return showing a refund of over £50k.
- If issues are found during a pre-credibility check, it may escalate to a full inspection.
Source: xeinadin.com
Note that this post was (partially) written with the help of AI. It is always useful to review the original source material, and where needed to obtain (local) advice from a specialist.
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