From: Peter Saxton 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: VAT for Sole Trader consulting for a Norwegian Company
Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2004 19:01:44 +0000

On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 14:17:19 -0000, "Julian" 
wrote:

>>"Peter Saxton"  wrote in message =
news:t2s410pclg93i6ctdd3ivasmvutm3dheqi@4ax.com...
>>
>>If they have a VAT number you can quote it on your invoices and VAT
>>would be zero rated.
>
>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 =A35,000 a month then on my monthly invoices
>to them I would (a) quote their Norwegian VAT number on the invoice
>and (b) invoice them =A35,000 for 1 months consultancy + 0% VAT =3D =
total
>invoice value of =A35,000.
>
>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
>
Yes and yes, they are still VATable even if at zero.


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Peter Saxton from London
peter@petersaxton.co.uk