Reclaim VAT paid for purchasing commercial property without VAT registration when purchasing

I have setup a company to purchase a commercial property and no VAT is registered at the time of the purchase. The seller of the commercial property charges 20% VAT on the purchase price. 1. Can I reclaim the 20% VAT after the transaction and after I have completed the VAT registration process? 2. How long does it take to reclaim the 20% VAT? 3. Any limitation for me to reclaim? e.g. can I reclaim the full amount? 4. The commercial property is for my own business use. Will it affect the process to reclaim? Thank you.

 

Hi. If you incur VAT on a property which you use to make taxable supplies then you are entitled to recover the VAT as input tax if the conditions are met below: VAT guide (VAT Notice 700) If you incur VAT prior to your date of registration please see the guidelines below: 10. Introduction to input tax  . Thank you .