Experts in VAT consultancy and advice
We have over 40 years’ experience dealing with all UK VAT issues.
MB VAT Services is a highly experienced VAT consultancy; we have over 40 years of expertise providing advisory services to businesses and accountants on VAT matters.
We know that VAT can be one of the trickiest areas of taxation due to its ever-changing legislation. This makes it one of the most significant risk areas in your business. We are here to help ease your VAT burden, so book an appointment with us today to discuss how we may be able to assist.
VAT Consultancy
We advise on all areas of VAT to businesses across a range of sectors.
Our consultancy services can deal with the technical aspects of VAT registration and deregistration, place of supply of goods and services, construction industry, land and property transactions, partial exemption, imports & exports, Flat Rate Scheme, Retail schemes and margin schemes including the Tour Operators Margin Scheme, reverse charge transactions and a host of other principles and procedures.
VAT Investigations
We totally understand how worrying VAT inspections can be, and how much disruption they can cause for your business.
Although HMRC investigations are serious, we can provide you with reassurance and help you work through the issues to minimise stress and costs. Mark’s experience of working for HMRC has often proven to be the key difference in successfully challenging HMRC in the ADR environment.
VAT Healthchecks
Keeping on top of things is important to your business’ success, so a VAT review from us can help to ensure that your VAT returns are correct, ensuring all VAT payable is recorded whilst maximum VAT recoverable is properly claimed.
Whilst errors are occasionally inevitable, demonstrably including checks to improve compliance with the regulations will minimise the risk of HMRC’s penalty regime.
Get in touch today to find out how our VAT healthcheck service will make sure everything is in good working order.
During his career with HMC&E/HMRC, Mark was principally a visiting officer, covering businesses of all sizes from corner shops to multi-nationals, as well as being the lead investigator in a Cross Tax Evasion Team. Mark has also worked on assignment in Lusaka for the Zambia Revenue Authority to formulate a national strategy to combat the informal economy and design a training programme for their training managers.
Mark joined Abbey Tax in January 2009 and led the VAT team for several years, supporting the VAT advice line and the claims team by assisting their UK-wide insured clients with disputes arising from HMRC VAT investigations, through to ADR meetings and Tribunal appeals when necessary.
In recent years, Mark’s efforts have been more focused on providing detailed specialist VAT advice for accountancy practices and VAT consultancy services for their clients
In 2020 Mark built on these achievements by setting up MB VAT Services to continue providing specialist VAT consultancy and advice on complex VAT issues to clients, across a wide variety of sectors.
During his career with HMC&E/HMRC, Mark was principally a visiting officer, covering businesses of all sizes from corner shops to multi-nationals, as well as being the lead investigator in a Cross Tax Evasion Team. Mark has also worked on assignment in Lusaka for the Zambia Revenue Authority to formulate a national strategy to combat the informal economy and design a training programme for their training managers.
Mark joined Abbey Tax in January 2009 and led the VAT team for several years, supporting the VAT advice line and the claims team by assisting their UK-wide insured clients with disputes arising from HMRC VAT investigations, through to ADR meetings and Tribunal appeals when necessary.
In recent years, Mark’s efforts have been more focused on providing detailed specialist VAT advice for accountancy practices and VAT consultancy services for their clients
In 2020 Mark built on these achievements by setting up MB VAT Services to continue providing specialist VAT consultancy and advice on complex VAT issues to clients, across a wide variety of sectors.
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“We have used Mark for VAT advice on several occasions in recent years and have been impressed by his breadth and depth of knowledge, his keen attention to detail and clarity in conveying what might otherwise be confusing guidance, as well as his overall professionalism. We would not hesitate to recommend his services to anyone in need of assistance with the complexities of VAT.”
“I have worked with Mark on many occasions and he has always been professional in his approach and very fair. I have a number of Charity clients who have benefited from his expertise and honesty. Mark always delivers his work in a timely manner and it has always been a pleasure to work with him and I value the working relationship we have developed over a long period of time.”
“Having worked with Mark for many years, we have become accustomed to his dependability and extensive VAT knowledge and call upon him regularly to provide clear and accurate guidance in a prompt and professional manner that enables us to advise our clients with confidence. We certainly recommend Mark as a reliable source of advice for the complexities of VAT that can’t be resolved in-house.”
“It has been our pleasure to work with Mark on all our VAT associated queries and advice over many years – we have always found his guidance to be professional and straight to the point which in compliance is, in our opinion, the best route forward. We look forward to working with Mark for many years to come. We wish him every success in his new venture.”
“Mark Burke is a trusted and valued partner of TaxAssist Holborn providing expert, ongoing advisory to both our clients and professional staff. He has successfully delivered cost effective and quality solutions on a number of complex, client-facing VAT assignments as well as being a source of expert counsel.”
“Our charity faced some historic VAT issues that we couldn’t resolve. MB VAT Services were engaged and provided expert assistance in what was a very challenging piece of work. Throughout the assignment Mark provided invaluable guidance and assistance to the organisation and has now put us on the correct path whilst also helping us to rectify a major issue. Thank you once again Mark!”