New online service to increase legal certainty on VAT numbers.

The European Commission has launched an online service allowing taxpayers to get a certificate proving that they checked the validity of the VAT identification number of their customer at a given time.

2 important changes come into effect from 01 October 2009.  These relate to:

• Change of company names; and
• directors service addresses.

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For all VAT accounting periods commencing on or after 1st Juy 2009 there are new fuel scale rates applicable.  RATES HAVE FALLEN.

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