richo106 Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 Hi All I just thought I would share my VAT reclaim timeline to let other people know current timings etc.. I completed the VAT 431c form using the online method (excel spreadsheet) on 4th September 10th September I received an email asking to submit 21 invoices, i sent these back the same day using the online portal I received a letter on 27th September saying how much they will be paying and queries they had regarding 5 invoices(not enough detail) Money received 1st October Re-sent the queried invoices with additional details on 9th October The remainder of the money received today (4th Nov) In all honesty I found this process very good with no issues, I rang up once to ask a question and got through straight away It certainly helped keeping an up to date record/spreadsheet throughout the build otherwise this would of been a mammoth task at the end and no doubt things would of been missed 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony L Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 That's good to know. Thanks for sharing, & congratulations on reaching the VAT reclaim stage of your project. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 Ours wasn't as quick as that and still. Not resolved yet. Submitted 24th July. Questions asked and answered 7th Aug - this was relating to my wife completing the return but my name being on the the planning application. Chased Oct 1st. Chased Oct 17th. 18th Oct asked to send 26 invoices 19th Oct sent invoices 26th Oct received part payment 28th Oct received letter via post showing items not paid. We are still trying to sort these invoices as it's around 2K on the positive, they found 2 invoices that were incorrect on the Vat and actually increased the claim for those items. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 That’s good to know We are almost at the reclaim stage The last time we did this We had to physically send every invoice to them Making copies seem to take forever Do they only ask for a random sample now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andehh Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 Just to double check as we are soon to start this, is it 6 months from building control sign off as a general rule to stick to? Great info though, thank you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted November 4 Share Posted November 4 2 hours ago, nod said: Do they only ask for a random sample now I think there is some program to interrogate the submitted list. They asked us for 26 invoices, some large item invoices kitchen, windows, treatment plant etc, but they also found a duplicate( this was an invoice and a proforma invoice submitted in error, for the same amount different reference. Also they found two invoices that were actually quotes / proforma's) we sent the wrong ones, and the reference were e.g. q123456 and pro9986. . Top tip :double check your list before typing in the the details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo106 Posted November 5 Author Share Posted November 5 15 hours ago, nod said: That’s good to know We are almost at the reclaim stage The last time we did this We had to physically send every invoice to them Making copies seem to take forever Do they only ask for a random sample now Yes I physically had a hard copy of every invoice as when I started my build this was the way i was going to do it, however since being able to do it online you can do it using the spreadsheet template found online. So didn't send any invoices to start with. The spreadsheet needs: Invoice No, Date, Description, Name of Supplier, VAT Reg No, Total amount excl. VAT, VAT amount, Invoice in your name I wouldn't say random but a selection of the higher amount ones. There was none for small amounts. I had 359 invoices and they only asked for 21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 3 hours ago, richo106 said: had 359 invoices Hmmmm ; I’ve got around 900 and since Thursday been adding them in to their template. Getting a bit bored now 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 6 hours ago, Pocster said: Hmmmm ; I’ve got around 900 and since Thursday been adding them in to their template. Getting a bit bored now 😝 Don’t suppose you could post a link to that template could you please? Save me going looking. I have a massive pile of invoices I need to start going through. 😢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 3 minutes ago, Thorfun said: Don’t suppose you could post a link to that template could you please? Save me going looking. I have a massive pile of invoices I need to start going through. 😢 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-refunds-for-new-builds-if-youre-a-diy-housebuilder#making-a-claim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 5 Share Posted November 5 4 minutes ago, Pocster said: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/vat-refunds-for-new-builds-if-youre-a-diy-housebuilder#making-a-claim Nice one. 👍 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richo106 Posted November 18 Author Share Posted November 18 Hi All I have got a query if anyone could help, as you know from post above I have now completed my VAT reclaim and received the money, this money has no allowed me to look at getting quite a few blinds installed (£3-4k) and my driveway (at least £20k) Even though I have completed my VAT return can I still ask the contractors to charge me the lower 5% vat rate? Can I them submit an additional claim for this VAT? My blinds will be done Jan/Feb time but my drive won't be done until mid-late next year Any information/advice on this would be appreciated Many Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 18 Share Posted November 18 2 hours ago, richo106 said: Hi All I have got a query if anyone could help, as you know from post above I have now completed my VAT reclaim and received the money, this money has no allowed me to look at getting quite a few blinds installed (£3-4k) and my driveway (at least £20k) Even though I have completed my VAT return can I still ask the contractors to charge me the lower 5% vat rate? Can I them submit an additional claim for this VAT? My blinds will be done Jan/Feb time but my drive won't be done until mid-late next year Any information/advice on this would be appreciated Many Thanks I think you only get one bite of the cherry I.e can only submit once and that’s it . Actually submitted mine online today - sure I saw wording to that effect . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 Crumbs ! . 2 days later after online submission already had an email from them ! Asking for copies of certain invoices . The largest vat one is £200 , smallest £8 …. 😝 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 They seem to want unsurprisingly the bigger bills i.e. insulation and of course walk on glazing!!! Unfortunately their website only allows 20 uploads and some of my single invoices are in fact multiple pages. So I'm stuck until a human looks at this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 1 hour ago, Pocster said: largest vat one is £200 Zero missing !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 19 minutes ago, Pocster said: They seem to want unsurprisingly the bigger bills i.e. insulation and of course walk on glazing!!! Unfortunately their website only allows 20 uploads and some of my single invoices are in fact multiple pages. So I'm stuck until a human looks at this. What I did was each invoice even if multiple pages was 1 pdf so multiple pages on one file. And when I got to 20, I then went through there complicated add extra documents, then added the extra invoices and in the description said this was a document they asked for. I uploaded 28 this way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andehh Posted November 19 Share Posted November 19 We start ours on Monday! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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