With VAT at 20% on non-pay running costs and the possibility of error penalties, it is important that NHS bodies account for VAT correctly from the outset. If left unchecked, VAT errors can result in underfunding of essential services, or could lead to penalties.

Our dedicated team of NHS VAT advisers has extensive knowledge and experience of the VAT issues facing the NHS. We are also able to provide day-to-day assistance with VAT enquiries, assistance and advice on setting up contracts and tailored VAT training workshops focused on specific or general NHS VAT issues.

Our main emphasis is technical VAT expertise gained by building a strong team of VAT professionals from within the global accounting industry and HM Revenue & Customs. This is key to providing an all encompassing VAT service for our NHS clients.

CRS VAT is registered with the Chartered Institute of Taxation as a firm of Chartered Tax Advisers. This means our clients have peace of mind in the fact that they are dealing with suitably trained and qualified advisers.

We maintain a 100% success rate of improving our client’s VAT savings. Additional savings result from ‘secondary’ reviews of areas previously reviewed by our competitors.

Our services are designed to maximise VAT recovery on a regular basis, and to help minimise VAT liabilities and errors which could result in penalties.

We appreciate that in-house VAT knowledge and expertise varies between different NHS organisations, so our VAT recovery and compliance services are flexible and tailored to the needs of our clients.

CRS VAT can be appointed under the Analysis and Reconciliation Framework – Lot 4 – VAT.

VAT Review Services

With mounting budget pressures, structural reforms and the introduction of VAT penalties for the NHS, it has never been more important to maximise VAT recovery and ensure VAT compliance. Our NHS VAT review services are designed to do just that.

HMRC Business Methods Approval

Business activities and partial exemption VAT – do you have an approved method? NHS Trusts must account for VAT properly when generating business income outside of their core NHS activities. CRS VAT Consulting can help gain HMRC approval.

VAT Advisory Services

Very often large VAT savings and refunds can result from small changes in the way an NHS body procures certain goods and services. CRS VAT Consulting has the expertise to provide VAT advisory services to help unlock additional VAT savings for our NHS clients.

Technical VAT Support

Our NHS clients benefit from unlimited access to our team of professional advisers for general VAT advice. This service is free of charge when you contract us to provide other VAT recovery and compliance services.

Secondary VAT Re-reviews

With a 100% success rate of identifying additional savings through secondary re-review exercises, CRS VAT Consulting has time and time again uncovered additional VAT savings for NHS bodies, even after a review has been completed by a competitor.

VAT Training Workshops

We provide VAT training workshops tailored with a combination of different bespoke ‘modules’ focusing upon all aspects of NHS VAT and focused specifically on areas of uncertainty identified and designed to enhance your in-house VAT capabilities.

“The services that CRS provide are professional and of a high standard”

“Where the Trust has queries, it is easy to get hold of CRS staff and CRS are usually able to provide an immediate response to the query”

“I would not hesitate in recommending CRS as a supplier of VAT consultancy services”

“I would like to thank you for your help which was highly appreciated, both from my client’s and also from my side”

“Many thanks for your response Chris. Very helpful”

“Thank you for your very quick response. Much appreciated”

“Thank you very much for your immediate response. Your explanation is very clear”

“Thank you for the speedy and comprehensive response”

“The services you have provided have been excellent and obviously financially beneficial for the Trust so many thanks”

“Many thanks again for speaking at our training session on Managed Services. I’ve received some very positive comments from delegates”

“Thank you for your help on all things VAT, I hope to have the pleasure of working with you again”

“I am very happy with your services and Henry and Di are always a pleasure to have visit us”