Businesses are often looking for additional ways to increase revenue. However, the most significant source of savings may be in plain sight – within their international travel invoices and receipts. Here’s what businesses may be eligible to reclaim from costs incurred during business travel and entertainment.
Often, when planning a business trip, planning the budget can be more challenging than organizing the itinerary. Fortunately, there is a variety of business travel costs that are VAT reclaimable both within the local and international Travel and Entertainment VAT scope. Although that sounds great in theory, how can organizations switch the conversation from ‘potential’ savings to pocketing actual refunds back into their business? The first step is understanding what your business is eligible to reclaim.
Many businesses leave significant savings on the table due to underclaiming on their VAT submissions. The reason? Unidentified hidden expenses. However, the VAT portion of business expenses is fully reclaimable, even when you’re a non-resident organization incurring eligible business expenses in a foreign country. The only question, however, is what exactly constitutes an ‘eligible’ business expense?
One of the most common errors that hinder the VAT reclaim process is claiming VAT on ineligible expenses. The other side of the coin, however, is missing out on the significant VAT reclaim potential within your business due to underclaiming and not including many expenses that are, in fact, VAT reclaimable.
Fortunately, we’re here to help guide you through the VAT reclaim process, one eligible expense at a time.
When navigating through the VAT reclaim process, however, it’s important to remember that the VAT treatment will vary depending on the country you’re reclaiming for. Therefore, the eligible expenses may differ for each unique country and industry. However, a few common expenses form a good baseline for the
VAT reclaim process. Some common eligible expenses within the travel and entertainment reclaim scope include:
The process of recovering VAT on travel expenses can be challenging when considering that the entire process hinges on an organization’s ability to identify the specific eligible expenses within each country and adhere to the country-specific VAT legislation, deadlines, invoicing instructions, and reporting requirements.
Fortunately, you can replace the heavy lifting with our all-inclusive foreign VAT solution. At VAT IT, we understand the importance of tapping into industry-specific VAT opportunities while ensuring you align all processes with foreign VAT legislation.
Feeling too late to the party? Did you know some countries accept back-dated VAT reclaims of up to four years? Tap our experts into your corner and maximize your travel and entertainment costs by injecting up to 27% additional revenue into your business.
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