VAT
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Latest News 28 Feb
UK Government’s EU Windsor Framework deal to ‘protect NI second-hand car market’
The UK Government has asserted that its new Windsor Framework to refine post-Brexit arrangements for Northern Ireland will “protect” the country’s second-hand car market.
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Digital Marketing 30 Jan
HMRC launches new VAT return scheme for GB cars sold in NI
HMRC has is introducing a new VAT return scheme for dealers that buy cars in Great Britain and plan to resell them in Northern Ireland or the EU.
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Opinion 3 Aug
Car retail ‘resilient’ after measured acceptance of Government support, opinion
The car retail sector’s well-considered the acceptance of Government’s COVID-19 support have left many businesses on a sound footing to deliver a successful 2021.
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Opinion 10 Jun
HMRC has misfired on electric car VAT rules, opinion
Does HMRC’s new VAT policy on the costs of charging electric vehicles (EVs) stack up with the government’s wider environmental goals?
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Latest News 18 May
NFDA Northern Ireland launches to 'tackle issues' facing dealers
The National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) has launched a division in Northern Ireland to ‘outline dealers’ priorities’ and ‘tackle issues’ affecting them.
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Market Insight 18 Jan
NI’s used car VAT solution cuts off ‘logical supply route’
The UK Government’s reinstatement of the VAT margin scheme for Northern Ireland’s used car retailers has “cut-off” a logical supply route to the Republic of Ireland.
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Latest News 8 Jan
NI dealers' post-Brexit 20% VAT on used cars issue ‘not going away’
A post-Brexit VAT issue that will see 20% added to the cost of used cars imported from mainland Britain and sold by car dealers in Northern Ireland is “not going away”, AM has been told.
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Latest News 20 Nov
Sytner, Lookers, TrustFord and NFDA lobby NI MPs on Brexit VAT hikes
Business leaders from AM100 franchised car retailers Sytner, Lookers, TrustFord have joined the NFDA in lobbying Northern Ireland MPs on a Brexit tax issue which could result in a 20% price hike for used cars.
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Manufacturer 9 Oct
Ford retailers’ Brexit VAT issue concerns branded as ‘scaremongering’
Suggestions that Ford car retailers could go out of business as the result of a Brexit-related change to the brand’s VAT invoicing have been branded as “scaremongering”.
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Manufacturer 8 Oct
Ford dealers need £750,000-per-site to solve post-Brexit VAT issue
Ford retailers who are unable to find £750,000-per-dealership site to fund a post-Brexit change to the brand’s VAT invoicing regime could be forced out of business, it has been claimed.
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Market Insight 9 Jul
SMMT ‘bitterly disappointed’ by Chancellor’s omission of automotive stimulus
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has expressed “bitter disappointment” over the omission of an automotive sector stimulus package in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s ‘mini budget’.
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Market Insight 8 Jul
Job retention and creation Chancellor’s COVID-19 recovery plan priority
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak put job retention and creation front and centre of his £30 billion COVID-19 “mini budget” – prioritising hospitality, tourism and housing with fiscal stimulation measures.
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Market Insight 5 Mar
SMMT urges VAT exemption for EVs following February car sales decline
The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) has called on the Government to remove VAT from electric vehicles to boost sales after the UK’s new car sales volumes declined 2.9% in February.
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People News 26 Feb
Killer car dealer wins HMRC VAT battle from jail
The former owner of Bolton’s IGW car dealership group has won a £310,000 VAT battle with the HMRC from his jail cell while serving a life sentence for the 2011 murder of his wife.
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Opinion 11 Dec
EVs: the challenge and opportunity for car dealers, guest opinion
For years there have been prophecies of doom for franchised new car dealers.
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Opinion 27 Sep
The E-sig problem: HMRC’s latest attack on car dealers, guest opinion
MHA MacIntyre Hudson’s Motor Specialist Team has seen a significant rise in HMRC enquiries at both franchised dealers and car supermarkets.
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Opinion 29 Mar
HMRC Making Tax Digital: A survival guide
With the April 1 deadline for the introduction of the HMRC's Making Tax Digital (MTD) platform for VAT now upon us, Alison Horner, partner and head of VAT at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, gives her top tips on how to survive the new system.
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Latest News 6 Mar
Effect of HMRC PCP changes will be ‘limited’ with sensible residual values, says Startline
The effect of changes announced by HMRC this week relating to how VAT applies to PCPs will be “limited” as long as sensible residual values are being set by finance companies, says Startline Motor Finance.
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Finance 1 Mar
HMRC's PCP car finance VAT changes could lead to PCH dominance
The HMRC has announced a policy change in the VAT treatment of PCP vehicle sales which is likely to have a major impact on the future of the car retail market.
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Finance 18 Jul
HMRC gives clear message of VAT treatment of car dealer deposit contributions
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) decides dealer deposit contributions are not subject to VAT and invites claims to recover overpaid output tax.