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Andrew Needham

Andrew has a degree in Law from UCNW Bangor and is a Chartered Tax Adviser. Andrew has over 20 years’ experience in VAT having spent 7 years in HM Customs & Excise, firstly as a VAT inspector, then as a departmental trainer, and finally in a headquarters policy unit dealing with the introduction of the EU single market.

After leaving Customs he joined Deloitte & Touche as a VAT consultant in Liverpool and then Manchester, where he qualified as a Chartered Tax Adviser. Andrew then moved to London where he worked on formulating indirect tax planning ideas, writing articles for tax publications, and was the author of Deloitte’s Weekly VAT News. From Deloitte’s, Andrew moved to Ernst & Young in Manchester as a senior indirect tax consultant, where he managed the indirect tax affairs of several multi-national companies.

In 2001 Andrew left Ernst & Young to form VAT Solutions (UK) Limited with a co-Director. In September 2009 Andrew formed his own VAT consultancy practice, VAT Specialists Limited.

Andrew is VAT adviser to the Forum of Private Business and represents them quarterly on the Joint VAT Consultative Committee.

Articles by Andrew Needham

Title	Date
Changes to the Rules on Bad Debt Relief for Goods Supplied on Credit Terms. May 2007	May 2007
Get Carter Improve VAT Recovery April 2007	April 2007
First Grant of a Major Interest in Residential Property – Attribution of Input Tax and the Capital Goods Scheme March 2007	March 2007
HMRC DEFRS THE INTRODUCTION OF A REVERSE CHARGE MECHANISM ON ‘MTIC’ GOODS FOR A SECOND TIME February 2007	February 2007
What Do You Do When a VAT Officer Decides to Drop in Unannounced? February 2007	February 2007
Scottish Court of Session Finds For HMRC on’ Private Tuition’ Issue January 2007	January 2007
VAT Tribunal Says Adviser’s Unauthorised Option To Tax Was Not Invalidly Made November 2006	November 2006
VAT Recovery on Cars – Have Recent Cases Put the Skids Under The HMRC ‘Available For Private Use’ Test? September 2006	September 2006
Officer’s Aggressive Approach Incurs Wrath o VAT Tribunal August 2006	August 2006
‘MTIC’ Fraud – What can advisers do to help identify it in a business? July 2006	July 2006
Court of Appeal Allows VAT Recovery on a Car Prohibited from Being Privately Used June 2006	June 2006
I’ve Not yet Started Trading, But I’m Already Incurring Costs - Can I Claim The VAT Back? April 2006	April 2006
What Happens when a Speculative House Builder Can’t Sell the Houses he has Built and Decides to Rent them out Instead? March 2006	March 2006
De-registering For VAT When You Own A Property – Beware The Traps!

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