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EC Sales List - VAT101

I've done some work for an EC company on the basis of me supplying some consultancy work, which was done in the UK and e-mailed to the client. My accountant told me that I need to do a VAT101 form (EC Sales list).

My accountant says that they cannot do this part of my accounts, because it deals with foreign taxes. My understanding is that this is UK tax payable by my UK Ltd company, on services supplied by my company, carried out wholly in the UK.

In all other respects I'm very happy with my accountant, but it feels like this is going to turn into a nightmare, with them giving me an incomplete service, and me having to deal with the HMRC which is one of the reasons why I pay them in the first instance.

They claim to be responsible for "Calculation & advice of VAT returns & payments." on a quarterly basis and to "Deal with any general HMRC correspondence and queries" on an ongoing basis.

Is it unreasonable for me to expect the accountant to deal with a VAT101 form once per month or once per quarter?

Wayne Ward

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