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As a business we have been receiving invoices from a consultant over a period of months with no VAT as it is a new business. They have now breached the levels where they should be registered for VAT should I insist they raise a VAT invoice or is the responsibilty with them?
Optional Information: System of Law: England-and-Wales Already Tried: speaking to them direct to no avail
Hi
Thanks for your question
The responsibility lies with them to get VAT registered, and consider the fact that this may need to be backdated (based on what you advise)
But it would do no harm to point this factor out to them, that they are in fact in breach of the threshold on a 12 month rolling period.
Just a last factor, if the income that they take from you, is such a level, this does seem to suggest that you might be their only client, (or a main one at least with continuous income) and I have a little concern that maybe they should in fact be an employee and not a consultant. But I am sure you have considered this and reviewed the employment status legislation.
Thanks
Sam