In the current economic climate, local authorities are increasingly looking to make savings by entering into shared services arrangements.  However, often during the planning process, issues such as the VAT treatment of payments between participating authorities are overlooked.

This full day course is intended to examine some of the more common arrangements that local authorities may enter into and provide detailed guidance on the correct VAT treatment, thus eliminating the prospect of incurring assessments and penalties from HMRC.

Although the course is primarily about VAT, it is suitable for those with little knowledge of the subject as a brief introduction to the relevant principles is included. The participants will not become "VAT experts", but will finish the day with a broad knowledge of the potential VAT pitfalls so that these can be flagged up, and addressed, at the earliest opportunity.

Who should attend?
The course will be of interest to anyone in a local authority that is responsible for planning and implementing such arrangements, particularly accountants and lawyers. It will also be beneficial for those officers with high level responsibility for VAT compliance. 

The course tutors are Peter Gladdish, Richard Strevens, Rosie Jones, Tracy Andrews and Gordon Turner, who all have considerable experience of working with local authorities of all sizes on a broad range of VAT issues. Peter is also a member of the CIPFA VAT Committee.

Duration: 1 day (09:30 - 16:30)
Cost: £275 + VAT
Cost includes course material, buffet lunch and refreshments

Contact us regarding this course.

If you wish to train more than six staff you may like to consider an in-house training course.