Website design charging...

[BenWall]

Hey,

I know a few people on here design websites, just wondering how I go about taking payment etc.

I want to charge £500+ VAT for the site, but the company are going to want a VAT receipt for this, how do I go about generating one?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Revels]

Just do them a simple invoice.

Website blah blah - £550
VAT - £87.50
Total - £587.50

 

[BenWall]

How do they gain the VAT back though? Or will that be fine?

 

[Revels]

Their accountants will deal with that.

I'm not sure what the deal is with regard to charging vat like that when you're not registered for it yourself. Give Jamie a PM, he'll know.

But it's probably easier to just say 'It's £600' and when they ask about vat, just say you're a one man band and not vat registered so you just do an all in price.

 

[Track'd]

Taken from interweb:

If you are not registered for VAT, you cannot charge VAT, if someone asks you for a VAT receipt, you cannot give them one because you do not charge VAT. They cannot claim VAT back, because you did not charge them VAT in the first place.

 

[m0rk]

a VAT reciept needs to have a VAT number on it

If you don't have one, they can't claim the VAT back

However, you can just give them an 'invoice' to pay you against, but they just don't claim the VAT back

 

[seb]

hence why people ask "is that including VAT?" when they get a quote from other businesses.

so don't tell them it is, when is isn't. Just tell them you are not VAT registered, so here is the price.

 

[BenWall]

No VAT it is then, thanks for the advice guys.

 

[Andy.]

I agreed to do one for a mates girlfriend once. £50 for 50 hours work, never again.:clown:

 

[AK]

You'd only charge them £500 as you're not VAT registered.

As said above you can't charge vat if you're not registered as they can't claim it back unless you supply them a vat invoice with a vat number on.. Which you won't, as you're not registered lol.

 

[rory182]

You shouldn't be charging vat if you're not vat registered.