4 Eyes Ltd: VAT, Tax and Customs Consultants

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4 Eyes Ltd – Tax Solutions, is a leading VAT and Customs/ Excise Duties consultancy specialising in facilitating the operations of international corporations trading in the UK and Europe and also in the provision of expert indirect taxation services to UK businesses.

4 Eyes Ltd prides itself on its commitment to enhancing its clients business; offering a personal service, speedy response and top quality solutions.

Our services include:

• Specialist VAT consultancy
• Specialist Customs consultancy
• VAT land and property
• Intrastat consultancy
• VAT outsourcing  
• UK and EU VAT registration
• Economic Operator Registration & Identification (EORI)
• VAT and Customs compliance
• VAT training
• Advice to multinational corporations
• Fiscal agency
• Recovery of previous overpaid/ underclaimed taxes
• Recovery of UK VAT for companies based outside of the UK (EC 8th & 13th Directives)
• Recovery of VAT in other EU Member states (EC 8th Directive)
• Resolution of ongoing disputes with HM Revenue & Customs
• Counter investigation support
• VAT Tribunal representation
• Advice on compliance procedures
• Advice on fraud proofing systems and due diligence
• Supply chain risk management - Know Your Customer
• Carbon credits and renewable energy trading 
• Expert second opinion

 

An overview of our activities:

VAT compliance and outsourcing

4 Eyes Ltd services include preliminary advice; obtaining any necessary registrations and consents and subsequent fiscal agency. We offer ongoing support and assistance to clients and can also provide outsourced VAT services whereby we will take responsibility for managing all UK VAT affairs, offering clients VAT expertise tailored to their business needs at a reduced cost to in-house provision.

UK and EU VAT recovery

4 Eyes Ltd has considerable experience in advising clients with multi national operations on the recovery of VAT incurred in the UK and throughout the EU.

International network & tax agency service

4 Eyes Ltd is a member of a European VAT network. Our affiliation with this and our other contacts in each jurisdiction enables us to assist with tax issues wherever they arise and will ensure that our clients are always advised by the appropriate national experts in any EU Member State.

Tax agency and Intrastat services

Working together with its EU VAT network, 4 Eyes Ltd provides specialist tax advice and tax agency services to non-UK based companies trading in the UK and to UK companies trading thorughout the EU.

VAT land and property

4 Eyes Ltd has a leading property VAT practice. We advise developers of residential and commercial property, builders, surveyors, architects, financiers and housing associations in VAT compliance and VAT efficient structuring of construction projects. This is an extremely complex area and where advice is not taken, mistakes are both common and costly.

Sometimes opportunities may exist to mitigate VAT. 4 Eyes Ltd has successfully introduced an arrangement whereby housing associations can recover all the VAT on new developments which was previously irrecoverable. Unlike similar schemes offered by other tax advisors, only our arrangement encompasses the scope for retrospective application and the associated 'windfall' VAT savings that this can entail.

4 Eyes Ltd has developed VAT Property Solutions, an essential tool for anybody considering undertaking building works, enabling them to identify the correct VAT treatment and any potential savings or pitfalls, in time to take appropriate action. Basic access is free for the first month, subject to online registration -click here to access.

Professional assistance and VAT second opinion

4 Eyes Ltd has unrivalled experience in accountancy and legal matters and can offer assistance to professional advisors or a second opinion to that of your established advisors, who may lack expertise in our specialised field.

4 Eyes Ltd is well positioned to assist clients and their advisors with negotiating with HMRC. In the case of HMRC raising assessments to tax, interest and penalties, it is our experience that these may be made without proper consideration of all the issues or even the figures involved.  As such we can analyse the correct position and then negotiate a resolution. Where it is not possible to negotiate a satisfactory settlement, 4 Eyes Ltd can take your case to the Finance & Duties Tribunal. Depending on the facts we may represent you, or where appropriate, we will instruct expert tax counsel.

Tax investigation support
 
4 Eyes Ltd has unrivaled expertise in tax investigation issues. We managed the largest ever EU anti dumping duty investigation on behalf of a consumer electronics multi national where a demand for £27m arrears of UK Customs' Duty was unequivocally and entirely withdrawn.

Carbon trading and renewable energy

4 Eyes Ltd can advise on best practice risk management and the implementation of Know Your Customer anti fraud checks. Without these, businesses will be exposed to assessments by HMRC where it subsequently turns out that the client is engaged in fraud.

For more examples of recent assignments indicative of the scope of our work go to the Expert Services tab.

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