Complete Charity VAT Handbook, The

VAT for charities and voluntary organisations can seem like an impenetrable forest. This book brings clarity and light to this complex subject, drawing together guidance on VAT to provide the essential knowledge you need to manage it with confidence.

Written by experienced charity finance and tax specialists, you’ll be sure you’re using your VAT entitlements and reliefs to the fullest advantage, while avoiding the pitfalls that could result in a huge and unexpected bill.

Who should buy this book?

This guide is required reading for charity finance managers, accountants, book-keepers, and anyone else who deals with charity finances on a daily basis. Its advice and information will benefit all not-for-profit organisations, including schools and social enterprises.

What does it cover?

Using worked-through examples and clearly set-out advice covering all aspects of VAT for charities, this one-stop reference book includes:

• How VAT operates for both registered and unregistered charities
• When you need to charge VAT and how to decide
• Recovering the VAT on purchases and handling VAT on overhead costs
• Obtaining exemptions from paying VAT and maximising reliefs
• Dealing with international transactions and group structures

‘Charity VAT can be a minefield. This comprehensive guide helps navigate through that complexity and will be a very useful addition to any charity professional’s bookshelf.’

Richard Bray, Finance, Regulatory and Taxes Manager, Cancer Research UK

 

‘VAT is the curse of the charity sector. Fiendishly difficult but impossible to ignore. A minefield to be negotiated with care. Thank goodness then for this book. Written in the authoritative but understandable language that has been the hallmark of Kate Sayer’s work. A must-have on the shelf of every charity finance professional.’

Professor Paul Palmer, Cass Business School

 

‘A detailed and yet approachable book that both charities and their advisors will find useful and well worth the publication price.’

Bill Lewis, Consultant, Bates Wells Braithwaite

 

‘VAT is a complex area particularly for charities and working with Kate over a number of years has certainly helped me to understand and deal with VAT issues. The book provides a comprehensive guide to the matters that are important to us.’

James Tarleton, Head of fundraising finance, British Red Cross