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NEIL WARREN considers the practical issues of dealing with VAT questionnaires sent to clients by HMRC
KEY POINTS
- Completing a VAT questionnaire may obviate the need for a VAT visit.
- HMRC are attempting to make the process customer friendly.
- Read the questions carefully to ensure you give the information HMRC really want.
- The reason for supplying the past two years' annual accounts.
- The fuller the reply the more likely the outcome will be arrived at speedily.
A couple of weeks ago one of my practitioner clients sent me a copy of a seven-page VAT questionnaire and covering letter that one of her clients had received in the post from HMRC.
They asked for a lot of detail about the VAT affairs of the business. Her question to me was very direct (just as I like them):
'Do I need to panic or are these...
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