11th August 2010, 08:25 PM
HMCR are of course onto the fact that some businesses try and avoid paying VAT by offsetting or spreading costs across a number of unregistered individuals or businesses (particularly in the building and construction industries).
I would therefore advise caution in proceeding as suggested by Uof1. If a service is provided exclusively for an archaeological purpose i.e machine hire, it doesn't seem a big leap for HMCR to suggest it more likely to be associated with the business purposes of the archaeologist on site rather than the property owner or some other project sponsor.....but of course you will probably get away with it until you are either caught or dobbed in by a business rival ...
I would therefore advise caution in proceeding as suggested by Uof1. If a service is provided exclusively for an archaeological purpose i.e machine hire, it doesn't seem a big leap for HMCR to suggest it more likely to be associated with the business purposes of the archaeologist on site rather than the property owner or some other project sponsor.....but of course you will probably get away with it until you are either caught or dobbed in by a business rival ...
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