I am vat registered, and am trying to understand how to treat a supply of business related services to me from an EC country, on which no vat has been charged to me. The vat office referred me to Section 14 of Notice 741, and said to treat it as a 'reverse charge', but as with most government guidelines, its purpose seems to be to confuse the layman rather than clarify. I don't want to ring the vat helpline again in case i trigger an inspection.
Section 14 of Notice 741 =
All I want to know is whether to include the vat that I calculate on the EC supply in any vat return boxes (1 and 4?) or not enter it in any at all. Apparently I should not use boxes 2 and 9 as these boxes are for goods and goods related services, which the service supplied to me is not (it's advertising).
Thanks, JamesT