VAT on services to companies outside the UK

Hi I have recently started a LTD company after being a sole trader for the past few years. I'm a consultant for a couple of companies and with new contract it looking like I may go over the VAT threshold but both the main contracts are for companies that are based outside the UK one of them in the US and the other in Australia? The rate has already been agreed and so what I want to know is if I'm liable to VAT or is it exempt as they aren't UK based companies?

Hi Content consult,
If you provide your services overseas then these will be Outside The Scope of VAT and there will be no requirement to register for VAT.
However you can register for VAT voluntarily.
Please see the guidance below:
Who should register for VAT (VAT Notice 700/1)
Thank you. 

My services are provide by me in the UK for companies based outside of the UK would this still be outside of the Scope of VAT?

Hi.

If you supply these consultancy services to businesses outside the UK then they will be outside the scope of VAT.

Thank you.

I have travel agency in UK and provide Europe packages to Indian travel agents (b2b) - do I need to pay vat to UK govt ? Already paying VAT to Europe hotels and transporters - Can I claim that?? Pls help as I am new.

Hi. Please refer to notice : Travel agents (VAT Notice 709/6) for guidance regarding accounting for VAT on your services. Where the place of supply is the UK then UK VAT would need to be accounted for. Only UK VAT may be reclaimed on a UK VAT return subject to the input tax rules in notice 700 sections 10 to 13 : VAT guide (VAT Notice 700) . If you are incurring VAT in other countries please refer to notice 723a sec 3 to see if you are eligible to reclaim through the EU VAT refund scheme. See Refunds of UK VAT for non-UK businesses (VAT Notice 723A)  . Thank you .

Hi, We are a Uk based Ltd Company and are providing labour and Warehouse Services for contracts carried out in the Uk, but invoiced to a Turkish Company. Do we need to charge VAT on our invoices to the Turkish company?

Hi Nick,
Please see the guidance below which covers the Place of supply Rules:
Place of supply of services (VAT Notice 741A) 6. The place of supply rules for services
Thank you.
 

Hello, I work for a Ltd. company that provides digital services via subscriptions and downloads to teachers. We take VAT on our UK customers and are VAT registered. We have a problem with overseas payments. I have two questions: Do we need to take VAT payments from them? And if so, how do we do this at as little cost and work as possible?

Hi,
If the place of the supply is outside of the UK then no UK VAT is to be charged.
However, you may need to register and account for VAT in the countries where you make your supplies:
The place of supply rules for services
Thank you

Hi, I also have a similar question - I am a communications consultant based in the UK providing comms and marketing services (copywriting, marketing messaging, etc) to clients in the UK, Spain and Germany. I am not registered in the UK for VAT, but I'm confused as to whether I need to register for VAT or charge VAT to my Spanish and German clients. Should my services be considered outside the scope of VAT or does the reverse charge apply? I don't really understand all these complex post-Brexit rules, and the Gov.uk guidance is a bit vague - I'm not sure whether my services fall under Schedule 4A Para 16 services or not... please could someone advise me?

Hi,
If you are supplying these services to companies based overseas then they would normally be Outside The Scope of VAT as they would be treated as General Rule services for Place of supply purposes.
Please see below:
The place of supply rules for services
If your supplies to UK companies are below the current VAT Registration threshold of £90k there would be no requirement to register for VAT in the UK.
Please see below:
Working out whether you need to register
Thank you.

Hi, I am an offshore consultant to a BVI company that owns land in the UK. There has been a commercial claim defended by UK Lawyers who have correctly removed VAT due to HMRC 741A (Place of supply). The UK Lawyers engaged Counsel to advise and I think Counsel may have charged VAT. My Belief is that Counsel’s fees are a recharge instead of a disbursement under VAT notice 700. Therefore Counsel’d fee in my view should be a part of the solicitor’s own supply to the BVI Company and as a consequence exempt of VAT charge as the Place of supply is BVI. Is this correct? For the sake of context there was no claim on the land itself.

Hi,
If a UK solicitor is providing legal services to an overseas business and the supply isn't directly related to land then this would normally be Outside The Scope of UK VAT.
Please see below:
The place of supply rules for services
If the solicitor has engaged another business/body to provide themselves with services then this is a separate supply and would again fall under the Place Of Supply Rules as per below:
The place of supply rules for services
If the solicitor is passing on these fees to the business overseas then this would generally follow the solicitor's main supply of srvices to the overseas client.
Thank you.