Hello We are a UK company, based in UK. We export all our goods to overseas customers ( UK and international) Goods are send by truck or sea container. These customers buying from us we zero the vat The issue that I'm facing is that we obtain all the stock in the UK and we are struggling with cash flow if we have to purchase the stock with vat added from our suppliers Example we invoice for £10,000 ex vat and get paid from the overseas customer Now we have small margins let's say £1000 profit so let's say we have to purchase the goods here in the UK for £9000+ vat This means we don't have enough money to actually buy the goods from the money we have received and have to pay that out of our own pocket and wait 3 months for a vat refund This is becoming a huge problem for us. Our business is not sustainable as we can't pay our bills, wages , rents etc as all the cashflow is paid out for vat that we need to claim back later What can I do? Any help is appreciated Regards