vat exemption

only49
only49 Member Posts: 1,207
edited 2. Jul 2010, 01:09 in Living with Arthritis archive
hello

does anyone know how you go about applying for vat exemption for example if you buy something you need to make life a bit easier, thinking about buying something to help get my shoes and socks on etc.
sylvia :)stern02.gif

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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    When I have bought items from a 'disabled' shop, ie one which stocks only gear for us special people, they automatically give me a form to fill in and /or sign. General shops do not do this in my experience. I hope you are well today. DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben
  • only49
    only49 Member Posts: 1,207
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    dreamdaisy wrote:
    When I have bought items from a 'disabled' shop, ie one which stocks only gear for us special people, they automatically give me a form to fill in and /or sign. General shops do not do this in my experience. I hope you are well today. DD
    not too bad today but realizing that due to where i live a lot of help is going to be down to me, ie cant rely on OT.s not right but they are so slow up here and want a good sorting out, and sometimes from my point of the only ones that understand how i am feeling and how arthur effects me is you lot.

    sad but true.

    i hope youre ok today as well today
    sylvia :)stern02.gif
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Whoever you buy off has to have a form signed by them and you for VAT exemption. Not everything that you buy is exempt, only HM Revenue and Customs can make the final decision.

    Most suppliers of Disability Aids are well aware of the regulations and can offer guidance.

    You can read up on the regs at http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsPortalWebApp/channelsPortalWebApp.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=pageVAT_ShowContent&id=HMCE_CL_000184&propertyType=document#P399_42452

    The form itself is reproduced at Section 10. The information is a bit longer than the web address, you have been warned.

    Joseph 8)
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  • elnafinn
    elnafinn Member Posts: 7,412
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    I was happily surprised to get VAT off the MBT's I bought. When I went into the shop the lady asked why I was interested in these shoes. I replied because of arthritis. On finally purchasing a pair she gave me a form to fill in which was only my name address and to write in the appropriate box arthritis and sign the form. Voila!!

    I hasten to add I did buy them in a shop selling items to help with back pain and so on.

    Elna x
    The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything.

    If you can lay down at night knowing in your heart that you made someone's day just a little bit better, you know you had a good day.
  • only49
    only49 Member Posts: 1,207
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    hello

    thats good news, why should we line the pockets of the of the VAT man

    have you ever noticed on any quiz program's if they have to say what there occupation is, and they work for inland revenue they get booed

    anyway its just gone up to 20% anyway
    sylvia :)stern02.gif
  • speedalong
    speedalong Member Posts: 3,315
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    You are a mine of information, Joseph.

    I have only ever had VAT off in disability shops when I have been asked if I qualify ... but sometimes buy disability stuff in mainstream shops ... watch out Mr VAT man from now on!!

    Speedy
    I have had OA since mid twenties. It affects my hips and knees. I had a THR on the left aged 30 and now have a resurface-replacement on the right - done May 2010.
  • woodbine
    woodbine Member Posts: 140
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    Thanks for that piece of advice - I had no idea that you could get VAT off these aids. :D

    (Incidentally, did you know that the majority of people working for HMRC and VAT workers are tax women not tax-men? (I don't work there, but I know someone who does). Seems a bit sexist to blame the men all the time. (Mind you, I bet that the senior politicians who decide about taxation are probably mostly men, so maybe we shouldn't let the men off after all! :lol: ) )

    Naomi
  • valval
    valval Member Posts: 14,911
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    vat not gone up till dec 30th
    val
  • livinglegend
    livinglegend Member Posts: 1,425
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    woodbine wrote:
    Seems a bit sexist to blame the men all the time. (Mind you, I bet that the senior politicians who decide about taxation are probably mostly men, so maybe we shouldn't let the men off after all! :lol: ) )

    Naomi
    We men have broad shoulders. They are no good, but they are broad. We would be blamed anyway, so better make the most of it.

    Joseph 8)
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  • dreamdaisy
    dreamdaisy Member Posts: 31,520
    edited 30. Nov -1, 00:00
    So young, so cynical! DD
    Have you got the despatches? No, I always walk like this. Eddie Braben

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