From: "Adam" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: VAT on telephones
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2006 12:34:05 +0100


"Colin Forrester"  wrote in message 
news:4psjukFkboebU1@individual.net...
>
> Not entirely - was the invoice in the name of your company or a person?
>
> They have recently started issuing invoices on our BT Openzone account 
> which state "this is not a VAT invoice" even though the VAT is shown.  I 
> queried this and was told this was because it was showing my name at the 
> top and not my company name.
>
> Still don't quite understand it.
>

The receipt has both my name and the company name on it. But I don't see how 
that could make the slightest bit of difference. I don't think there is any 
reason why private individuals can't register for VAT if, for example, they 
run a business on a self-employed basis.

But it doesn't really explain why they can still show the VAT on the 
postage.

Adam