Zero-rated supplies A fairly wide range of basic foodstuffs together with diesel, petrol and illuminating paraffin are zero-rated as distinct from exempt. This means that the customer pays no VAT, but the supplier can, if VAT registered, claim input VAT because they are making VATable supplies (albeit at a rate of zero). Exports are also zero-rated. If a business is sold as a going concern by a VAT registered vendor to another VAT registered vendor along with the assets necessary for the business to continue as a going concern and as long as a number of conditions are…
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