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Festive VAT tips: December 2022

12 December 2022 / Neil Warren
Issue: 4869 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Festive VAT tips

Key points

  • Taxpayers must pay their VAT returns by the due date in 2023 to avoid an interest charge even though penalties will not be applied until a payment is fifteen days late.
  • The FTT in Innovative Bites Ltd (TC 8605) decided that mega marshmallows are zero-rated due to the roasting process for making ‘s’mores but small marshmallows are still subject to VAT.
  • Someone renting out a property can submit form VAT1614A to HMRC and ask for a belated notification to be applied back to the date when he first made his decision to charge VAT on the rent.
  • Gifts of goods to charity will be zero-rated if sold in the charity’s shop (or online).

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