Charging and reclaiming VAT

Once your VAT registration is complete you will need to update your invoices as you need to include your VAT number on all your invoices.

A VAT registered business can usually claim back the purchase VAT that has been spent on business expenses.

To reclaim VAT you must have a ‘valid VAT invoice’ for the expense. The information that needs to be included on a valid VAT invoice includes;

• Supplier’s invoice number
• Supplier’s name and address
• Supplier’s VAT registration number
• Details of the product or service supplied
• Date
• Total cost excluding VAT
• Amount of VAT charged