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As it stands now I won’t be paying the remaining vat he is demanding from me. I feel as though if he has managed to invoice me multiple times but still not mentioned anything regarding this I am not liable. He could have checked all of this from the start but hasn’t and as I wasn’t aware of this I wouldn’t have even looked into why he was charging 5 percent vat. I wouldn’t expect to buy something from a shop and then 6 months later they come back and ask for more money because they charged me the incorrect vat and I have a receipt for this? I feel he has messed up here and now trying to bully me into paying him for his mistake?

The property does not qualify for the reduced rate of vat and reading into it never has. I feel he’s said this from the start to secure the job and now asking for more money. The main thing I would like to know is where does the responsibility lie here? He has incorrectly charged 5 percent VAT and now wanting another 15percent? Is this not like anything you were to buy that it’s the business or sellers responsibility to charge the correct VAT and not the customer or consumer? Thank you

Yes so from the start he said it would only be 5percent vat on the work as it was a refurb. I am not a builder and he explained he charges me 5 percent vat and claims the other 15percent back. I think he has then realised after 6 months it was not the case and is not wanting the remaining 15 percent vat. In regards to the £1600 we were paying him £10,000 a month until the work was complete so paying upfront. His last invoice included a full weeks work which I pointed out and he said it was a copy and paste errror on his side. Still have not got the £1600 back he owes me. Thank you

Hi all, I am just after some advice on a very odd situation. My builder who completed renovation works on my home last year with his final Invoice sent to me in January. Before he started the work on the house he had sent me messages saying that the work would only be 5percent vat as it is a refurb. To which I am not a builder so thought ok fair enough and he explained it a bit to me about how it would all be 5 percent vat. So after 3 invoices and £37,500 I paid him and owing us still £1600, now 6 months later he is asking for proof the home was empty for 2 years prior to us starting the work. Which he knows it wasn’t because he came to look at the project when people were living in the house. He is saying if I cannot prove the home was empty for 2 years before we started the work he would now have to bill me the 15percent vat which he never charged throughout his work. I have his messages saved and proof of him saying it would be 5 percent vat and all of his invoices. Where do I stand with this would you think? I feel like he’s said this at the start to secure me to going with him and now I’ve asked for my £1600 back which he over charged me for a whole week he said he worked which he didn’t. Any advice on this would be very helpful. cheers