VAT on invoice from Philippines for computer equipment

Good Afternoon, We've received invoices from a company based in the Philippines charging us for the goods plus 12% VAT in PHP. We are VAT registered in the UK, please could you confirm if we can reclaim this and how we should record on the VAT return for compliance purposes? Thank you,

You can only reclaim UK charged VAT by a UK registered supplier, so you cannot reclaim this 12% tax. If the goods have been shipped from Philippines to UK then the invoice should be zero rated/no VAT from the supplier and then you pay import VAT when the goods enter the UK. You should go back to the supplier an ask why they have charged VAT because it sounds like they've done it wrong. But to reiterate, you can never reclaim foreign VAT on a UK VAT return. Remember how VAT is meant to work, UK supplier charges UK to business customer VAT and UK supplier pays this VAT over to HMRC, UK business customer reclaims this VAT from HMRC, so the VAT goes in and out of HMRC/VAT neutral....if you reclaim 12% VAT, HMRC do not have the corresponding 12% paid to them from the supplier in the Philippines and so you'd be reclaiming VAT that is not counter balanced by a payment from the supplier, HMRC is losing out, loss to the revenue and you'll get a penalty if HMRC discover that you've been reclaiming foreign VAT.

Hi.
You would need to record the full value of the supply in box 7 of your VAT return.
You would need to contact the company in the Phillipines regarding recovery of this foreign tax.
Thank you.