The government have issued information on how Making Tax Digital for Business (MTDfB) is expected to work for VAT once the rules are introduced in April 2019.
Under the proposed rules, which have been issued subject to consultation, VAT registered businesses with turnover over the VAT registration threshold will be required to submit their VAT return digitally using software. Businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will have to:
This software will either be a software program or set of compatible software programs which can connect to HMRC systems via an Application Programming Interface (API). The functions of the compatible software include:
Businesses will need to preserve digital records in the software for up to six years. Further information on the required information can be found in Annex 1.
The government will make the final detailed requirements available to the software providers by April 2018 to allow time for the software to be developed and tested prior to the rules coming into effect from April 2019.
VAT is the first tax to be reportable under MTD and businesses within the scope of MTD will need to keep their records digitally, using approved MTD functional compatible software, from 1 April 2019. The software will create the return from the digital records and this will need to be submitted under MTD for return periods starting on or after 1 April 2019.
We will keep you informed of developments in this area and ensure we are ready to deal with the new requirements. Please contact us for more information.
More specifically, this new directives apply to digital services (everything that can be downloaded or used online)
As a seller on the market you are responsable to pay the buyers VAT based in their own country (this means any EU country) nevertheless whether you are an EU based company or not. This new directives are not quantitiy and price aware so by selling one ítem for less than a dollar, new legislature will rules are still being applied.
You are also obliged to store buyers information (their location etc.) for the next 10 years after the deal was executed.
Vendors who extend credit to a business require financial statements to assess the creditworthiness of the business.
Accruals and Matching, revenue earned must be matched against expenditure when it was incurred Prudence, if there are two acceptable accounting procedures choose the one gives the less optimistic view of profitability and asset values. Consistency, similar items should be accorded similar accounting treatments. Entity, a business is an entity distinct from its owners. Money Measurement, accounts only deal with items to which monetary values can be attributed.
Helps existing and potential investors and creditors and other users to assess the amounts, timing, and uncertainty of prospective net cash inflows to the enterprise
The default VAT rate is the standard rate, 20% since 4 January 2011. Some goods and services are subject to VAT at a reduced rate of 5% (such as domestic fuel) or 0% (such as most food and children’s clothing).
Accruals and Matching, revenue earned must be matched against expenditure when it was incurred Prudence, if there are two acceptable accounting procedures choose the one gives the less optimistic view of profitability and asset values. Consistency, similar items should be accorded similar accounting treatments. Entity, a business is an entity distinct from its owners. Money Measurement, accounts only deal with items to which monetary values can be attributed.
Helps existing and potential investors and creditors and other users to assess the amounts, timing, and uncertainty of prospective net cash inflows to the enterprise
– Personal allowance increased to £9,440 for the year 2013/14, and a further increase to £10,000 in 2014/15.
– A £2,000 Employment Allowance for businesses and charities to set against their employer national insurance contributions from April 2014.
– The small profits rate of CT will remain at 20% from April 2013, the main rate of CT will be unified by April 2015, providing a single rate of CT of 20%.
– Annual Investment Allowance limit increased from £25,000 to £250,000 for a two year time period for all qualifying investments in plant and machinery made on or after 1st January 2013.
– CGT annual exemption currently £10,600, wil rise to £10,900 for 2013/14, £11,000 for 2014/15 and £11,100 for 2015/16.
– The VAT registration threshold will rise from £77,000 to £79,000 and the deregistration threshold will increase from £75,000 to £77.000, both from 1 April 2013.
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