Take advantage of our expertise in residential VAT to optimise your budget by reducing your overall VAT liability and improving cashflows when building, renovating or converting your home.
RVA believes that you may be paying more VAT on your residential projects than necessary. Your suppliers may be relying on overly cautious advice provided to them by HMRC or they may be following out of date market practices.
Saving 65% of the VAT initially considered due on our founder’s new build home in London, we set up RVA with a mission to support owners, architects and builders in managing their VAT and reducing their VAT leakage on a variety of residential projects.
Whether you are starting your new residential project, midway through or you have recently completed, RVA can help you save VAT.
RVA was founded by Catherine Meotti Slattery who has over 25 years experience working for the Big 4, advising multinational corporations in the consumer, industrial and luxury asset sectors.
Catherine is supported by Nathalie O’Donohoe who has extensive experience in international residential/commercial design and project management.
Attention to detail, diligence, tenacity and personal experience with building and renovating houses, RVA was formed to advise clients on delivering financial tangible benefits through strategic VAT planning.
We offer a free initial consultation to discuss how we can optimise your VAT position and help you stretch your budget overall. Whether you prefer a call or an e-mail, we’re here to help you save VAT.
With our planning, we can help you manage your VAT leading to potentially significant cash savings and improved cashflows.
Our mission is to help you save VAT.
Please fill out the form, so we can learn more about you and your needs.
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RVA has successfully worked on numerous residential new build dwellings. Our most recent accomplishment being the completion of a detached house in SW19 where we successfully achieved a £57,100 VAT saving for our client by drilling into the detail of the project and improving the ratio of VAT zero-rated to standard-rated services by 5.17%.
Working closely with our client’s build team at the planning stage of the project enabled us to maximise the use of the reduced-rate provisions in the legislation. By ensuring that the works qualified for the reduced-rate and working closely with the client contractor, RVA saved one client £382,500 of VAT.
RVA has been extremely successful in obtaining reduced rate rulings on renovations for our clients even though their circumstances did not fall squarely into the empty residential premises conditions set out in HMRC’s documentation.
By engaging with the relevant local authorities, RVA managed to obtain the reduced rate of 5% for two clients, saving them respectively £380,000 and £65,000 of VAT.
There are strict timelines within which you need to submit your VAT refund application claim. The process is time consuming and HMRC will only allow the reimbursement of VAT that has been correctly charged by your supplier. This can cause delays and confusion. RVA can help you streamline the process by submitting the VAT refund DIY repayment claim to HMRC on your behalf and liaising with HMRC on any follow-up queries.
There are a number of VAT opportunities in this category depending on the exact circumstances of the project. RVA identified a VAT registration opportunity for a client enabling them to recover all related VAT incurred on the project going back four years.
With our planning, we can help you manage your VAT leading to potentially significant cash savings and improved cashflows.
Our mission is to help you save VAT.
