My client is a newly formed property development company and we have recently tried to register them for VAT as an “intending trader” but HMRC have refused the application, asking for proof of land ownership and a copy of Planning Permission, neither of which my client has yet. What other evidence can I provide to get HMRC to accept their “intending trader” registration?
Land ownership, along with a related planning permission, are clearly definitive evidence of your client’s business intentions.
Without these you have to provide HMRC with a sufficient weight of evidence to satisfy them of your client’s intention to trade and make taxable supplies. There is no definitive list of what will or will not satisfy HMRC but the following documents could add weight:
Unfortunately the final say on whether or not to accept an intending trader VAT registration application is HMRC’s but the more evidence that you can provide them, the more likely they are to agree.
Tony Pocock, Vantage Fee Protect VAT Consultant
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