Subject: Re: VAT for Sole Trader consulting for a Norwegian Company
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 15:57:38 +0000
From: robin 
Newsgroups: uk.finance

In article , Julian
 wrote:

> Thanks Peter. Let me just check that I understand your answer correctly
> since, if I do understand you correctly, this differs from what the VAT
> helpline told me (although in fairness we didn't discuss whether the Norwegian
> company was registered for VAT in Norway).
> 
> The Norwegian company is registered for VAT in Norway so if we
> assume that I invoice them £5,000 a month then on my monthly invoices
> to them I would (a) quote their Norwegian VAT number on the invoice
> and (b) invoice them £5,000 for 1 months consultancy + 0% VAT = total
> invoice value of £5,000.
> 
> Have I understood your answer correctly? If so then, since all my invoices
> would be zero rated, do I need to register for VAT at all?
> 
> - Julian

My understanding is "yes",  even though your invoices to this
particular company are zero-rated.

Of course, there may be advantages for you to be VAT registered.

Robin