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A Clearance Procedure For VAT

Hugh Mainprice, Partner in Mainprice & Co, feels there is a need for a proper clearing procedure for VAT

 
Hugh Mainprice Partner in Mainprice & Co feels there is a need for a proper clearing procedure for VAT
 
VAT is a self-assessing tax with the onus of accounting for it correctly firmly placed on the taxpayer. It is thus of great importance that there should be a proper procedure by which the taxpayer can obtain an advance clearance for the tax status of any proposed new business venture. Regrettably despite protestations by Customs there is no such procedure.
 
When VAT was being introduced there was a statement on the proposed tax in the Green Paper — March 31 1971 Cmnd 4621 — that it was to be a

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