Bookkeeping service

VAT and Making Tax Digital

Digital record-keeping and VAT support built around clear deadlines, complete evidence and software that meets HMRC requirements.

For the thresholds and first steps, read our Making Tax Digital for Income Tax guide.

Prepare your records with our first MTD quarterly update checklist.

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Deliverables

What the service can include

✓Digital record organisation
✓Transaction and VAT-rate review
✓Reconciliation of relevant balances
✓Deadline and information checklist
✓Preparation or submission only where confirmed in the engagement letter

Timing

When work happens

Records and questions are reviewed to an agreed schedule ahead of each VAT or MTD deadline.

Scope control

Whether EBA prepares records, submits an update or coordinates with a third-party adviser is stated explicitly in the proposal.

Your responsibilities

What EBA needs from you

✓Provide complete sales, purchase and import evidence
✓Approve figures or filings by the agreed deadline
✓Maintain access to compatible software
✓Notify Larissa about VAT-registration or business changes

Boundaries

What is not included by default

Specialist VAT advice unless expressly agreed
Legal interpretation of complex or cross-border transactions
Late work where records arrive after the agreed cut-off
CIS returns

Software: HMRC-compatible accounting software, Digital receipt capture

Questions about this service

Clear before you commit.

Does MTD apply to every small business?

No. The rules depend on business type, qualifying income and any applicable exemption. Use the EBA MTD guide as a starting point, then confirm your position.

Will EBA submit my VAT return?

Only when submission is expressly included in your engagement. Otherwise, EBA may prepare or organise the records for you or your appointed adviser.

Next step

Bring the current position, not a perfect brief.

Larissa will review the fit, scope, responsibilities and next deadline with you.

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