Pricing work and VAT

[Stanios]

Hi all, have taken the unvoluntary plunge and registered for the VAT on flat rate scheme. Now thinking of how to recoup the 9% loss. Keeping prices the same and just chucking 9% vat on top seems like the way to go.

Hardly anyone asks "does that include vat?" so sneaking in 9% shouldn't be too difficult. How do you approach the VAT charge, do you say when you price work "that's 120 quid plus vat" or you just say "thats £120 " then sneak vat in or say total amount with vat included every time?

 

[ShaunCorbs]

I would say that’s £120 and just make sure you write it down on your invoice eg £100 plus vat total £120

 

[Last Plumber]

Never had an issue with VAT complaints.
Industrial and Commercial want prices plus VAT as they are normally registered and therefore don't care about it. Domestic customers we always inc VAT when pricing.

 

[rpm]

The place where I used to work didn`t tell customers +vat when quoting and the engineers would often take an ear bashing because of it.