"ad" wrote in message
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On Nov 14, 10:08 am, "The Medway Handyman" davidno-spam-
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The only exception to that is if its an expensive item & the customer is
VAT
registered (I'm not). In that case I ask for cash from them, get the item
&
give them the change & the VAT receipt.

And I wonder how many 'small traders' charge VAT when they aren't even
registered for it ?. After all
most single females over a certain age will believe anything - my
neighbour being a case in point,
so that's another 17.5% profit on top of the already overinflated
price. I used to be a freelance programmer and was
VAT registered. No agency would pay ANY vat to me until they had seen
and confirmed my VAT status. Customers
should make the same stance to Joe Bloggs in his white van.

Small traders especially need to mark up parts. All business's do.

RUBBISH. markups should be banned by law along with the whole concept
of trade and retail prices. Why for example should Travis Perkins
charge some customers more than others just because some are
'traders'.

The price you charge the customer should be the price you paid.
Included in your bill should be the amount of labour charge, itemising
any costs/time involved in obtaining it, then VAT if you are
registered. This is what transparency is all about. Buying cheap on
the internet and then whistling 'List Price' out of your rear-end to
the customer is immoral and should be illegal too.




--
Dave - The Medway Handymanwww.medwayhandyman.co.uk



The principal was that a trader would buy lots of items and only have one
invoice - a retail customer would buy less at each transaction. A
transaction has an admin / labour element.