I booked a hotel room in the UK for a visiting Danish Business man and paid it with sterling (vat included), he has now returned to Denmark and I need to send him an invoice to cover the expense, Does anybody know if I include the VAT or not to Denmark for his hotel bill and do I mark it with a nominal code T4?
If you are a VAT registered business yourself, then any recharge must be VAT inclusive. Any entertainment element is irrecoverable as input tax.
If not , then it's up to you whether you choose to absorb the tax or pass it on. Depends upon the recipient's expectation I would think.
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I'm amazed that 4 months after posting, no-one has answered this simple question !
unfortunately its the nature of the forum in that if posts are not answered within two days (sometimes one day) then they are unlikely to ever be answered as once a post moves off the first page of recent posts then basically its gone.
Its worth remembering that most of the regular contributors on here are bookkeepers and accountants in practice so even though most attempt to pop on here almost every day some days are just impossible and a few posts get missed unless they have become a discussion that keeps them on the first page.
I would say that in the greater scheme of things software specific posts are the one's most likely to be missed as not all of the regular contributors field all different types of software questions.
VAT ones as you identify are generally picked up but it would seem that this one flew under the radar.
Nice pick up there... Must have been a google search that found it,
kind regards,
Shaun.
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