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(b) Interest on underpaid tax
£ from To
1
st
POA 7,000 31 January 2010 13 February 2010
100 31 January 2010 27 January 2011
2
nd
POA 7,000 31 July 2010 17 August 2010
100 31 July 2010 27 January 2011
Balancing payment
2,880 No interest as paid before due date
46 Registration
(a) Compulsory registration
12 months ended
Workings Taxable supplies
£
31 August 2009 (12 × £3,500) 42,000
30 September 2009 £42,000 - £3,500 + £7,300 45,800
31 October 2009 £45,800 - £3,500 + £9,600 51,900
30 November 2009 £51,900 - £3,500 + £10,900 59,300
31 December 2009 £59,300 - £3,500 + £12,500 68,300
Deborah exceeded the £68,000 threshold on 31 December 2009.
She must notify HMRC by 30 January 2010 (i.e. 30 days after the end of the
month in which the threshold is exceeded).
She must start to charge VAT from 1 February 2010 (i.e. the first day of the
month following the end of the month in which the threshold is exceeded).
(b) Pre-registration input tax
Deborah will be able to recover the pre-registration input VAT incurred on the
purchase of goods or fixed assets used for business purposes if still held at the
date of registration and purchased within three years of registration.
She will also be able to recover the input VAT on services supplied to her in
the six months before the date of registration.
47 WX Ltd
VAT return for the quarter ended: 31 March 2010
£
Out
ut VAT
Standard rated sales (£201,230 × 7/47) 29,970
In
ut VAT
Purchases of
oods (£41,525 × 7/47) (6,185)
Distribution ex
enses (£10,000 × 7/47) (1,489)
Other ex
enses (£16,825 × 7/47) (2,506)
Purchase of
lant machiner
(£35,000 × 7/47) (5,213)
Bad debt relief (not six months old) (Nil)
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Amount payable to HMRC 14,577
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Due date: 30 April 2010