Up to 30 minutes of telephone advice and help on any aspect of UK or international VAT for as little as £87 with our own UK VAT gurus, Steve Allen or Andrew Needham!

Both Steve and Andrew have spent well over 30 years helping individuals, businesses and accountants to slash their VAT bills.

They are very highly regarded throughout the UK Tax Industry and are known as the people to speak to when a VAT problem exists - you can see why in the Success Stories below!

Both are a rarity amongst VAT specialists. Not only are they currently running their highly successful own business, VAT Solutions, but they have both previously worked for Customs and Excise as Investigations Officers and for the 'big 4' accountancy firms.

Between them they write the VAT Insider section for the Tax Insider e-zine, provide VAT saving tips and answer VAT specific queries.

Steve Allen

Andrew Needham

Areas of expertise

Any aspect of UK taxation including:

• land & property transactions
• corporate finance transactions
• partial-exemption
• VAT exemption planning
• VAT investigations
• international supplies of goods and services
• Intrastat and EC Sales List compliance
• overseas registration liabilities
• refunds of overseas VAT (EC 8th Directive)
• VAT assessment and penalty appeals
• misdirection by HMRC
• VAT Tribunal and High Court representation
• VAT liability reviews
• VAT healthchecks
• staff training courses
• seminars and conferences
• DIY Housebuilder refunds

Typical clients

• Investors
• Property investors, renovators and developers
• Business owners
• Expatriates
• People with ad-hoc questions about any areas of UK taxation
• Businesses with turnover of up to £5M
• Taxpayers who have problems with the Customs and Excise offices

Charges

The charges are £150 per hour + VAT with a minimum charge of £87 + VAT. This is a special rate for Tax Insider clients.

Terms of Business

Submit your details below and then you will be taken straight to the form where you enter the specifics of your consultancy request details.

Payment will be taken at the end of the consultation.

Mode of Work

The vast majority of tax consultations undertaken by Steve and Andrew are conducted by email or via the telephone. For example, a 30 minute telephone conversation with either of them discussing any aspect of UK taxation will cost £87 + VAT.

Your questions and consultation details are submitted via a web-form and Steve or Andrew will then contact you to discuss a time when it is convenient to speak.

90% of consultations are successfully conducted within 3 working days!

Next steps

If you have a tax problem/query and need quick and specific advice then Arthur or James will be able to help you.

To arrange a tax consultation please complete the form below and you will be taken instantly to a page where you will be able to submit your request for consultation details.

Just think, within three days you are very likely to have discussed a solution that will save you £££££s in taxation!

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If you have any questions then please call our customer support team on: 01925 398599

Remember these key facts:
• Over 50% of queries are answered within 30 minutes!
• Over 90% of consultations are completed within 3 days!

Testimonials

Success Stories

£40,000 saved!
Customs issued an assessment to a property developer for £42,000, on the basis that the client was making an exempt rather than a zero-rated supply. We challenged the assessment on the grounds that it should reflect mixed use. The assessment was subsequently reduced to only £2,000. That is a saving of £40,000.

£26,000 VAT Claim repaid in full!
A client made a claim for £26,000 under the DIY Housebuilder’s scheme, which was disallowed by customs on the grounds that it was not the construction of a new building.

We showed customs that it was a new building and the claim was repaid in full.

VAT Assessment reduced by £24,000
Customs issues a £31,000 assessment to a client providing fairground rides. We made a case to Customs and Excise based on the Cash Accounting Scheme.

The assessment was eventually reduced to £7,000.

£100,000 in VAT saved in first year!
We negotiated a new partial exemption special method for a large corporate client, resulting in a saving of £100,000 in the first year!

I have recently started to work with VAT Solutions and have found their support most valuable when dealing with urgent and complex client problems. The have responded rapidly, and have been cost effective and efficient when negotiating with Customs in order to solve client problems.

Richard Goodman, Goodman Accountants.

I have known Steve and Andrew at VAT Solutions since they started and now we use them exclusively for VAT and customs advice. We have always found that they provide timely and cost effective advice, both to ourselves, and increasingly to our clients.

Geoff Dallimore, Tax Partner, Champion.

As a national Insolvency Practice, Begbies Traynor require their specialist advisors to be readily available at short notice, issue a timely response to the advice sought, be up to date with changing legislation, and competitive in fees charged.

We have always found VAT solutions to be very professional in their approach, and no assignment is too large or small. We have no hesitation in referring work or their ability to provide the service required.

David Acland, Partner Bagbies Traynor