VAT in Insurance
Quorum Training
Summary
Location & dates
Great Queen Street
Central London
London
WC2B5DA
United Kingdom
West London
London
W1B1PR
United Kingdom
Overview
SPEAKER: GWEN RYDER
VAT is complex but the insurance industry has its own special procedures, ‘language’, some unique rules and specific partial exemption methods. UK legislation derives from EU legislation but is sometimes at odds with it. This sector is particularly sensitive to changes from cases in the Court of Justice of the European Commission. This course covers aspects of VAT specific to the insurance industry focusing on avoiding pitfalls and mitigation techniques with reference to decided cases. This course will be updated as the impact of Brexit is known.
Description
CONTENT
How VAT affects insurance transactions
- A review of the key issues
- Basic compliance issues
- Basic VAT planning
The exemption for insurance transactions
- UK insurance premiums and commissions
- P&I Clubs and their managers
- Lloyd’s Underwriters and Managing Agents
- Transactions which are not exempt
- Intermediaries
- The problems of outsourcing
- Investment and other income
International services
- Exempt and ‘Outside the scope’ premiums
- The effects on VAT recovery
- Intermediaries and the ‘look through’
- The ‘reverse charge’
- Branch and subsidiary issues
Partial exemption
- The basic principles
- Direct attribution
- The standard method
- Special methods for insurers and intermediaries
- Items that must be excluded following recent case law or because of distortions
Dealings with HMRC
- Specific compliance issues for insurance
- Planning points
- Risk areas and golden rules
- The penalty regime and how to avoid it
Who is this course for?
This is suitable for those who have VAT experience but new to the sector and will give a sound grounding in both compliance and planning matters.
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