- HMRC is requesting businesses registered for VAT at high-volume addresses to prove their establishment in the UK.
- A high-volume address is where multiple VAT-registered businesses list the same UK address as their principal place of business.
- This requirement is to ensure that online marketplaces accurately account for output tax.
- Online marketplaces are responsible for the output VAT from sales made by overseas traders on their platforms.
- Non Established Taxable Persons (NETPs) who incorporate in the UK and provide UK address details to marketplaces are exempt from these rules.
- HMRC is sending letters to all VAT registered businesses with a high-volume address, asking for evidence of their UK establishment.
- If a business fails to respond, HMRC will consider them a NETP and seek to recover VAT from the online marketplace.
- The specific evidence required to prove UK establishment will be outlined in the letter from HMRC.
Source: marcusward.co
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