Beck

Thanks both, it's a tricky one, especially with the helpline ending!

Hi, I've got myself thoroughly confused so hoping someone can help. I'm 'helping' my partner with his self build, from a totally demolished site so new. The build is ground floor storage for his business so doesn't qualify to get vat back under DIY Scheme. Upper floor is a small flat, tied to a worker in the business though. Here's the tricky bit - to speed things up and make a start before the June regs exemption ended, my father's business was brought in to do groundworks. They're CIS reg and use a subcontractor. I need to do a bill from this business to my partner (probably not his business at this point as surely the foundations count towards the upper floor?!) with both parts and with CIS labour on...what do I put for vat rates please?! We have no idea what HMRC will do about paying part (literally half of all, or only things clearly for the upper floor?) as they wouldn't answer the DIY Team phone and now the vat line has closed I'd guess that's why. Basically, trying to find out how the bill should look so that hopefully he can one day reclaim half, how does it interact with CIS if at all, and any advice on reclaiming on live/work units that might be going. Any help very appreciated, although he's done many a site, that's no longer the main line of work for the business billing - hence why it's all new to me. Just to note, partner being billed is not CIS reg, as individual or company.